Emendation List
Symbols
* Missing or damaged character
[] Missing word
~ Separates emendation from comment
Double spaces after punctuation have been silently emended, as have internal rules from a double to a single
* Missing or damaged character
[] Missing word
~ Separates emendation from comment
Double spaces after punctuation have been silently emended, as have internal rules from a double to a single
9. blythsome blithsome ~misspelling, no instances of use. Used blythesome instead of blithesome because of multiple instances of Tannahill's use.
19. glen gleen ~misspelling
Song: The Bonny Wood of Craigie-lee
8. insert repeat chorus line missing line ~printer error. Semple also emends.
17. show'rs show'*s ~ms damaged
The Choice
12. . * ~ms damaged; period appears faint or missing
21. Shenstone Shenston ~misspelling. Semple also emends.
Ye Dear Romantic Shades
3. single space after wander double space
Fragment, of a Scottish Ballad
2. snaw s*aw ~ms damaged
Winter Wi' His Cloudy Brow
5. budding buding ~misspelling, no instances of Scots use
The Lass O' Arranteenie
11. hazel hazle ~misspelling, no definitive Scots instances of use.
Ye Echoes That Ring
14. . * ~ms damaged; period appears faint or missing
My Mary
7. hazels hazles ~misspelling, no definitive Scots instances of use.
19. raptur'd 'raptur'd
O Row Thee In My Highland Plaid
34. me * ~ms damaged
The Parnassiad
3. single space after the double space
17. single space after Pegassus double space
23. single space after weep double space
27. single space after thy double space
32. crowd's croud's ~misspelling; no recorded instances of use. Semple also emends.
52. won't wont ~misspelling; wont makes no sense in context
55. single space after crost double space
68. Shenstone Shenston ~misspelling. Semple also emends.
87. dabblers dablers ~misspelling; no recorded instances of variant use. Semple also emends.
Second Epistle, to J. Sc*d**k
12. ne'er nee'r ~misspelling. Semple also emends.
12. single space after him double space
16. single space after from double space
47. single space after seek double space
Epistle, to W. Th*m**n
4. don't dont ~misspelling. Semple also emends.
32. char removed —
The Resolve
7. out ou* ~ms damaged
9. harm barm ~ms damaged; due to either printer's error or ink smudge, appears as barm
56. — ———
84. . * ~ms damaged; final period appears faint or missing
The Ambitious Mite
3. seize sieze. ~misspelling. Semple also emends.
6. We'll We'll, . ~unnecessary comma. Semple also emends.
8. tribes tri*es ~ms damaged 33. hies hi*s ~ms damaged 49. flight flght ~misspelling. Semple also emends.
The Maniac's Song
11-18. restored line indentation pattern break in pattern ~ms poorly set. Temple also emends.
Song: Sleepin' Maggie
4. craigie craggie ~misspelling
23. howlet's howle*'s ~ms damaged
Dirge, Written On Reading an Account of Robert Burns' Funeral
19. ! * ~ ms damaged
Dirge (Responsive ye woods)
5. single space after fair double space
Song: The Defeat
11. British ~ms damaged.
The Lament of Wallace, After the Battle of Falkirk
4. merged into one line; break was a printer's convention
5. h ~ms damaged.
15. ponder— ponder.--
Song: Marjory Miller
11. tempest's tempests
18. redder reder
The Kebbuckston Weddin'
13. hecht ?echt ~ms damaged
32. bore bure
35. merged into one line; break was a printer's convention
Baudrons and the Hen-Bird
20. eerie eary No recorded instances of this use. Semple also emends.
21. Sirs Sers ~misspelling. Semple also emends. 26. chucky's chucky's
On Invocation
3. goddesses godesses ~misspelling.
Ode, Written for, and read at the Celebration of, Robert Burns' Birth-day, Paisley, 29th Jan. 1805
Title , ~added comma in title after Celebration of. Semple also emends.
88. Fame fame
89 Fate fate
91. Fame fame
The Haunted Wud
36. minstrel-fiction mirstrel-fiction ~misspelling, Semple also emends.
Epistle, to A. B*rl**d
4. ; ? ~ms damaged
20. . ? ms damaged
Allan's Ale 10. gentles gent??s ~ms damaged.
29. gettin’ getin’
30. Allan’s Allans. Missing apostrophe, all other instances have it.
33. do dou’. Semple also emends.
33. work w?rk. ~ms damaged, appeared as wurk.
44. won’t wont
Epistle, to J. Sc*dl*ck
3. meikle miekle
7. ken keen
23. An' An. Semple also emends.
38. itsel'. itsel.' Semple also emends.
73. budding buding. No recorded instances of use. Semple also emends.
74. Burn," Burn." Semple also emends.
Prologue, to the Gentle Shepherd
4. ensure insure.
7. harlequin’s harlequins
22. blate blat?. ~ms damaged. Semple also emends.
29. carl carle
Epistle, to W. W*l*e
31. of off
Lines, Written on reading Thomas Campbell's "Pleasures of Hope"
14. thee they will they thee will
Epistle, to J. B*ch*n*n
58. real rëal
Lines, to W. McL*r*n
4. commerce's commerce
The Poor Bowlman's Remonstrance
Title Remonstrance ~removed line break - printer's convention
Will McN—l's Elegy
59. cronach cronadch. ~No recorded instances of Scots use. Semple also emends.
62. mysterious misterious.
86. burnt brunt
86. Roman Roman. ~Made entire word italicized
87. ’Twas Twas.
110. their there
115. hamert hemart. ~Misspelling. Semple also emends.
The Cock-Pit
2. Indented flush left. ~To match the rest of formatting
3. see se? ~ms damaged
5. No fancied no fancied ~removed large space or tab
36. brats bratts
63. be be be. ~Repeated “be” deleted
Towser, A True Tale
17. Towswer Toweer ~misspelling
Connel and Flora, A Scottish Legend
44. Indented line non-indented line. ~Follow stanza pattern
Lines, on seeing a Fop pass an old Beggar
8. Indented line non-indented line. ~Follow stanza pattern
The Moralist
6. — -
9. ! ,
9. “ open quote
9. merged to one line – line break is printer’s space convention
A Lesson
8. — -
10. indented line non-indented line ~Follow stanza pattern
Lines, to Gripus
4. . — -
~added at end of line
The Promotion
6. no line break — -
line break
Epigram 2
2. no line break line break
3. Yes, Yes
4. no line break line break
Epigram 4
1. no line break line break
3. no line break line break
Epitaph: On seeing a once worthy character
Title. Merged to one line
2. Stop, passenger Stop passenger
Epitaph: On a farthing-gatherer
4. . at end of line
The Coggie
Subtitle e e
10. vogie voguie ~No recorded instances of spelling
44. vogie voguie ~No recorded instances of spelling
Ode, to Jealousy
14. near ne'er
The Portrait of Guilt
1. forest forrest
22. hang, hang
The Bacchanalians
13. , .
Epistle, to J. B*rr
47. Traquair," Traquair."
98. God's gude's
Second Epistle, to J. Sc*dl**k then at Perth
12. ne'er nee'r
41. siccan sican ~Both accepted, changed for constancy throughout text
56. kindness kindnes
Fragment, of a Scottish Ballad
25. Donald, Donald
26. beams Beams
Song: "When John An' Me War' Married"
15. cuddle cudle
Bonny Winsome Mary
18. treasure— treasure.--
Wi' Waefu' Heart
1. WI' Wi'
2. awa', awa,'
Ode, In Imitation of Pindar
1. simile's similie's
4. simile similie
11. simile similie's
The Filial Vow
23. soothe sooth
Stanzas, Written with a pencil on the grave-stone of a departed friend
Subtitle: merged to one line
19. joyless ?oyless ~ms damaged
Prayer, Under Affliction
10. Hear Here
Epistle, To J. K**g
42. of off
Stanzas: Written on Alex. Wilson's Emigration
2. hast haste
28. : ? ~ms damaged