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The Annalist
The individual so emphatically addressed in the first four of these lines was the worthy Brother , Sir John Whitefoord , of Ballochmyle ( recorded in a former part of these notices ) , and of whom Burns says , in a letter addressed to him , dated Edinburgh , December , 1787— " You are the first gentleman in the country , whose benevolence and goodness of heart has interested himself for me , unsolicited and unknown . " He to have been Provincial Grand Master for Ayrshire at the period
appears the song was written . Burns , to his credit , never forgot his first friend , and in 1791 , we find him addressing the following lines to Sir John , enclosing a copy of " Glencairn ' s Lament : "—¦ Thou who thy honour as thy God reverest . Who , save thy mind's reproach , nought earthly fearest , To thee this votive offering I impart , The tearful tribute of a broken heart . & c .
The beautiful song , " The Farewell to the Braes of Ballochmyle , " was also composed on the "Whitefoords being obliged to part with that festate . How delicately does the poet enter into their feelings of regret ! Low in your wintry beds ye flowers .
Again ye'll nourish fresh and fair ; Ye birdies , dumb in withering bowers , Again ye'll charm the vocal air , But here , alas 1 for me namair Shall birdie charm , or ilow ' ret smile ; Fareweel the bonnie banks of Ayr 1 Fareweel ! fareweel ! sweet Ballochmyle . Among the earliest also of his friends and patrons was another member
of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , Professor Dugald Stewart , who , while residing at his seat Catrine , in Ayrshire , during the month of October , 1786 , was introduced to Bums by their common friend and Brother in the Craft , Dr . John M'Kenzie . From the latter being an intimate associate of the poet , it is probable that the lines intituled , " Invitation to a Medical Gentleman to attend a Masonic Anniversary Meeting , " * were addressed to him . We give them here , rather because of their relation to our subject , than for their poetic pretensions .
INVITATION , < Sic Friday first's the day appointed . By our Right Worshipful anointed , To hold our grand procession ; To get a blade o' Johnny ' s morals , And taste a swatch o' Hanson ' s barrels , I' the way of our profession . Our Master and the Brotherhood
Wad a' be glad to see you ; For me I wad bemair than proud To share the mercies wi' you . If Death then , wi' skaith then . Some mortal heart is hechtin . Inform him , and storm him . That Saturday ye'll fecht him . —ROBERT BURNS .
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The Annalist
The individual so emphatically addressed in the first four of these lines was the worthy Brother , Sir John Whitefoord , of Ballochmyle ( recorded in a former part of these notices ) , and of whom Burns says , in a letter addressed to him , dated Edinburgh , December , 1787— " You are the first gentleman in the country , whose benevolence and goodness of heart has interested himself for me , unsolicited and unknown . " He to have been Provincial Grand Master for Ayrshire at the period
appears the song was written . Burns , to his credit , never forgot his first friend , and in 1791 , we find him addressing the following lines to Sir John , enclosing a copy of " Glencairn ' s Lament : "—¦ Thou who thy honour as thy God reverest . Who , save thy mind's reproach , nought earthly fearest , To thee this votive offering I impart , The tearful tribute of a broken heart . & c .
The beautiful song , " The Farewell to the Braes of Ballochmyle , " was also composed on the "Whitefoords being obliged to part with that festate . How delicately does the poet enter into their feelings of regret ! Low in your wintry beds ye flowers .
Again ye'll nourish fresh and fair ; Ye birdies , dumb in withering bowers , Again ye'll charm the vocal air , But here , alas 1 for me namair Shall birdie charm , or ilow ' ret smile ; Fareweel the bonnie banks of Ayr 1 Fareweel ! fareweel ! sweet Ballochmyle . Among the earliest also of his friends and patrons was another member
of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , Professor Dugald Stewart , who , while residing at his seat Catrine , in Ayrshire , during the month of October , 1786 , was introduced to Bums by their common friend and Brother in the Craft , Dr . John M'Kenzie . From the latter being an intimate associate of the poet , it is probable that the lines intituled , " Invitation to a Medical Gentleman to attend a Masonic Anniversary Meeting , " * were addressed to him . We give them here , rather because of their relation to our subject , than for their poetic pretensions .
INVITATION , < Sic Friday first's the day appointed . By our Right Worshipful anointed , To hold our grand procession ; To get a blade o' Johnny ' s morals , And taste a swatch o' Hanson ' s barrels , I' the way of our profession . Our Master and the Brotherhood
Wad a' be glad to see you ; For me I wad bemair than proud To share the mercies wi' you . If Death then , wi' skaith then . Some mortal heart is hechtin . Inform him , and storm him . That Saturday ye'll fecht him . —ROBERT BURNS .