Twelve English Poets Sketches of the Lives And Selections From the Works of the
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He determined to go to Jamaica, and bethought him- self to publish the poetry in the deal-table drawer to get money for the voyage. A printer in Kilmarnock got out the little volume which gave to Scotland "The Cotter's Saturday Night, " "Address to the Deil, " "The Mountain Daisy, " "The Twa Dogs, " and the early songs. Twenty pounds came to Burns from the publisher ; he took a steerage passage for Jamaica, and had just written his sad farewell song, "The Gloomy Night is Gathering Fast, " when ...a letter came from the famous Dr. Blacklock. The world of Edinburgh had seen the modest Kilmarnock volume ; the writer was a genius, he must come and make himself known. So away went the plough-boy to be welcomed and feted and honored by great people in society and in letters. But his brief day of glory was soon over. He could not resist the bad habits of his Irvine days, and when in the next year he went again to Edinburgh, he had a cold reception, and came away for the last time bitter and sad at heart.
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