In the fields "peerless Fancy hads her court / And tunes her lays."
The King's Birth-Day in Edinburgh
At least 9 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1772, 1773, 1782, 1785, 1788, 1799, 1800).<br>
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Originally published in Ruddiman's <u>Weekly Magazine or Edinburgh Amusement</u> (June 4, 1772).<br>
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See also <u>Poems by Robert Fergusson.</u> (Edinburgh: Printed by Walter & Thomas Ruddiman, 1773). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW112480156&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u> The Works of Robert Fergusson</u>, ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart. (Edinburgh: Fullarton and Macnab, 1851).