Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.

Inspiration

Robert Burns (1759–1796)

THE MUSE, nae poet ever fand her,

Till by himsel’ he learned to wander,

Adown some trotting burn’s meander,

And no think lang;

O sweet to stray and pensive ponder

A heartfelt sang!