[4] She would speak to one and to another, and nod and smile to many more, but she could not do it to all; but we could kiss her shadow as it fell, and lay our heads on the pillow again, content.—Soldier's Letter from the Crimea.
[5] "Before she came there was cussin' and swearin', but after that it was as holy as a church."—Ibid.
[6] Here first published.
[7] This song was originally Published in the Scots' Magazine for October 1806. In the "Book of Scottish Song," it has been attributed to Allan Ramsay.
[8] This song has been erroneously assigned to Burns.
[9] This lyric and the following are printed from the author's MSS.
[10] Here printed for the first time.
[11] These verses were composed when the author was suffering from a severe pulmonary complaint which he feared would bring him to an early grave. They were addressed to his sister, a girl of five years, who at this period was his companion in his walks.
[12] To Mr Disseret of Edinburgh we are indebted for the particulars of Mr Maclagan's personal history.
[13] See vol. ii., p. 120.