Poem by Anonymous

To a Worn-Out Author

When next you’re in print, Ned, for money or fame,
Be advis’d by a friend, let the work want your name: 
For whoever in that should unluckily look,
And remembers your last, will ne’er open the book.

1. Inscription on a Gravestone in the Churchyard of Melrose Abbey
2. The Old Scottish Gentleman
3. Barthram’s Dirge
4. Kate Kearney
5. Gathering of Atholl

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