...lov'd, my honour'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays j With honest pride 1 scorn each selfish end, My dearest meed, a friend's...scene ; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; VV hat Aiken in a cottage would have been ; Ah ! tho* his worth unknown, far happier there, 1 ween....

...stanza of the Cottar's Saturday Night: " My loved, my honored, most respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays; With honest pride I scorn each selfish...end, My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise." All that he hoped to make by the Kilmarnock edition was twenty pounds to carry him to the West Indies,...

...we expect, ' be easily understood.] Mr lov'd, my hononred, much respected friend, No mercenary bard his homage pays ; With honest pride I scorn each selfish...native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; What AIKEN in a cottage would have been ; Ah ! tho' his own worth unknown, far happier there I ween ! November...

...Burns. INSCRIBED TO ROBERT AIKEN, ESQ.. MY loved, my honored, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays ; With honest pride I scorn each selfish...in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequestered scene ; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; What Aiken in a cottage would...

...simple annul* of the poor,— Gray. MY lov'd, my honour'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays ; With honest pride I scorn each selfish...scene ; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; V\ liât Aiken in a cottage would have been j Ah ! tho' his worth unknown, far happier there, I ween....

...watched over like caged nightingales.] My loved, my honour'd, much-respected friend No mercenary bard his homage pays ; With honest pride I scorn each selfish...dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise . To you T sing, in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequester'd scene ; The native feelings...

...BURNS. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. MT lov'd, my honourM, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays ; With honest pride I scorn each selfish...guileless ways ; What Aitken in a cottage would have been ; Ah 1 tho' his worth unknown, far happier there, I ween. November chill blaws loud wi' angry...

...simple snuaU of the poor. — Gray. MY lov'd, my honour'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays : With honest pride I scorn each selfish...friend's esteem and praise : To you I sing, in simple Scoitith lays, The lowly train in life's sequester'd scene ; The native feelings strong, the guileless...

...poor. G»AT. i. MY loved, my honour'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his humage pays j With honest pride I scorn each selfish end; My dearest...in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequcster'd scene; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways: What A**** in a cottage would have...

...BURN*. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. Mr loved, my honoured, much respected friend, No mercenary bard his homage pays ; With honest pride, I scorn each...friend's esteem and praise : To you I sing, in simple Scotish lays, The lowly train in life's sequestered scene ; The native feelings strong, the guileless...