just  as  he  began  to  tell lb.  31.
When  first  the  human  race  began,  Ep.  to  J.  L — k,  Ap.  21st.  /j.
I  held  the  gate  till  you  I  met.
Syne  1  began  to  wander :     .        .        .        .   .S".  Gat  ye  me  t

Altho"  his  hair  began  to  arch,  .  .  Halloween,  ig.
Till  painting  gay  the  eastern  skies.
The  glorious  sun  began  to  rise ;  .  S.  It  was  the  charming  \

when  Nature  first  began  To  try  her  canny  hand,

S.  John  Anderson,  my  Jo  t

And  show'rs  began  to  fall ;      .        .        .       John  Barleycorn.
His  bending  joints  and  drooping  head
Show'd  he  began  to  fail lb.
And  then  his  enemies  began
To  show  their  deadly  rage lb.
Young  stranger,  whither  wand'rcst  thou?

Began  the  rcvrend  Sage ;     .        Man  was  made  to  Mourn.
Too  soon  thou  hast  began,
To  wander  forth,  with  me,  to  mourn  .        ...       lb.
Yet  they,  even  they,  with  all  their  strength.
Began  to  faint  and  fail ;        .        .        .         AVrt;  Psalmody.
Wi'  sighs  an'  sobs  she  thus  began    T/ie  Jolly  Beggars.  R.  IV.
An'  there  began  a  lang  digression  .        .      The  Txva  Dogs.  6.
Craigdarroch  began  with  a  tongue  smooth  as  oil.
The  Whistle.
Boffat.     And.  agonising,  curse  the  time  and  place

When  ye  bciiat  the  base,  degenrate  race !

The  Brigs  of  Ayr.  g.
Begbie's.     Then  aff  to  B-gb— 's  in  a  raw,

.A,n'  pour  divine  libations     .     The  Ordination,  i.
Beggar


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BeffSftF.    Lord  grant,  nae  duddie,  desperate  besgar,

AtuTof  BeeUebub.
Dyvor,  beggar  louns  to  me,     .  ^.  Louis  what  rtck  1 1

The  cave-lodged  beggar,  with  a  conscience  clear,

Odt^  to  Mem,  oj  Mrt.  —.
Wi*  lies  seam'd  like  a  beggar's  clout ;  [v.  A.  i6]

Tarn  o*  Shanttr.
