...Nithside.1 THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. Inscribed to Robert diken, Esq. My loved, my honor'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays...ways ; What Aiken in a cottage would have been ; Ah I though his worth unknown, far happier there, I ween November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The...

...companion to the fireside picture by Goldsmith of the Vicar of Wakefield. My lov'd, my honour'd, much respected friend! No mercenary bard his homage pays;...The native feelings strong, the guileless ways; What Aikin in a cottage would have been; Ah ! tho' his worth unknown, far happier there, I ween! November...

...with a disdainful smile, The short but simple annals of the poor. — GRAY Mr lov'd, my honor'd, much respected friend! No mercenary bard his homage pays...praise: To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays, The lowty train in life's sequester'd scene; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways; If ovember...

...my honoured, much respeeted friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays ; "With honest pride, I acorn each selfish end ! My dearest meed, a friend's esteem...scene ; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; AVhat Aiken in a cottage would have been ; Ah ! though his worth unknown, far happier there, I ween...

...Nithside.1 THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. Inscribed to Robert diken, Esq. My loved, my honor'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays...Ah ! though his worth unknown, far happier there, I ween November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The shortening winter-day is near a close ; The miry...

...Robert .-liken, Esg. My loved, my honor'd, much respected friend I No mercenary bard his homage pays j With honest pride I scorn each selfish end ; My dearest...Ah ! though his worth unknown, far happier there, I ween November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The shortening winter-day ia near a close ; The miry...

...friend Aiken, in the dedicatory btanza of the Cottar's Saturday Night : " My loved, my honored, most respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays...end, My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise." All that he hoped to make by the Kilmarnock edition was twerly pounds to carry him to the West Indies,...

...loved, my honoured, much respected friend ! * No mercenary bard his homage pays ; With honest pride, 1 scorn each selfish end : My dearest meed, a friend's...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...

...in every shape, and have not yet "gathered all their fame."] MY loved, my honour'd, much-respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays ; With...Ah ! though his worth unknown, far happier there, I ween ! November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The shortening winter-day is near a close ; The miry...

...Nithside. 1 THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. Inscribed to Robert Jliktn, Esq. My loved, my honor'd, much respected friend! No mercenary bard his homage pays;...in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequestcr'd scene; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways; What Aiken in a cottage would have...