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Subject: RAMSAY, ALLAN (1686-1758)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` COUPLET, by J. BURCHET    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Thy morning interview throughout is fraught
Last Line: With tuneful numbers and majestic thought.
Subject(s): Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)


EPISTLES BETWEEN J.S. AND ROBERT FERGUSSON: ANSWER TO J.S.'S EPISTLE, by ROBERT FERGUSSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I trou, my mettl'd louden lathie
Last Line: Rob. Fergusson.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ferguson, Robert
Subject(s): Fortune; Muses; Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)


EPISTLES BETWEEN J.S. AND ROBERT FERGUSSON: TO ROBERT FERGUSSON, by JOHN SCOTT (1730-1783)    Poem Text                    
First Line: Is allan risen frae the deid, / wha aft has tun'd the aiten reed
Last Line: Mid-louthian johnnie.
Subject(s): Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)


IN THIS BRAW AGE O' WIT AND LEAR, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
Last Line: "the teeth o' time may gnaw tantallan, / but thou's forever"
Subject(s): "ramsay, Allan (1686-1758);


ON BURNS AND RAMSAY, by ISOBEL (ISABEL) PAGAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now burns and ramsay both are dead
Last Line: My meter is of diff'rent kinds.
Subject(s): Burns, Robert (1759-1796); Poetry & Poets; Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)


THE PROPHECY OF FAMINE; A SCOTS PASTORAL INSCRIBED TO JOHN WILKES, by CHARLES CHURCHILL    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis            
First Line: When cupid first instructs his darts to fly
Last Line: "who most enjoys and best deserves, their love."
Subject(s): Class Struggle; Courts & Courtiers; Cupid; England; Fate; Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758); Scotland; Wilkes, John (1725-1797); Youth; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Eros; English; Destiny