The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy

"_Away sic fears! Gae spread my fame, And fix me an immortal name; Ages to come shall thee revive, And gar thee with new honours live; The future critics, I foresee, Shall have...

At length appeared in 1725 his master-work, the Gentle Shepherd, of which two scenes had been previously printed, [the first] in 1721, under the title of Patie and Roger, and [t...

Next in value to his Gentle Shepherd, we think, are his imitations of Horace. To this good-humoured author Ramsay had, from congeniality of mind, a strong predilection; and he i...

Yet, the fable of the _Aminta_, unnatural and undramatic, as it is, has the merit of simplicity. That of the _Pastor Fido_, equally unnatural and incredible, has the additional...

My Bawty is a cur I dearly like, Even while he fawn'd, she strak the poor dumb tyke: If I had fill'd a nook within her breast, She wad have shawn mair kindness to my beast. When...

"Whether the dialect of Scotland be more favourable to attempts of this nature, or whether we are to seek for the fact in the character of the people, or the peculiar talents of...

ACCEPT, O EGLINTOUN! the rural lays, That, bound to thee, thy duteous Poet pays! The muse, that oft has rais'd her tuneful strains, A frequent guest on SCOTIA'S blissful plains,...

_Jen._ If Roger is my jo, he kens himsell; For sic a tale I never heard him tell. He glowrs and sighs, and I can guess the cause, But wha's oblig'd to spell his _hums_ and _haws...

_Pat._ I'm sure I canna change, ye needna fear; Tho' we're but young, I've loo'd you mony a year. I mind it well, when thou cou'd'st hardly gang, Or lisp out words, I choos'd ye...

_Sym._ To ane that lost it, lending generous aid, To bear the Head up, when rebellious Tail Against the laws of nature did prevail. Sir William Worthy is our master's name, Whil...

_When hope was quite sunk in despair, My heart it was going to break; My life appear'd worthless my care, But now I will save't for thy sake. Where'er my love travels by day, Wh...

_Glaud._ You crowd your bounties, Sir, what can we say, } But that we're dyvours that can ne'er repay? } Whate'er your Honour wills, I shall obey. } Roger, my daughter, with my...

_Lair_, or _lear_, learning; to learn. _Laith_, loth. _Lake_, lack. _Landwart_, the country, or belonging to it; rustic. _Lane_, alone. _Lang_, long. _Langsome_, slow, tedious....

DOUGLAS, GAWIN. (_Bishop of Dunkeld._) Virgil's Æneis, translated into Scottish verse by the famous Gawin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld. A new edition, wherein many of the errors o...

ROSS, ALEXANDER. Heleonore; or, The Fortunate Shepherdess: a Poetical Tale. To which is added the Life of the Author, containing a particular description of the romantic place w...