Original songs. /
Gilfillan, Robert,1798-1850.
Gilfillan, Robert,1798-1850.Come, fill my wine cup.
Gilfillan, Robert,1798-1850.Ode to the memory of Sir Walter Scott.
Gilfillan, Robert,1798-1850,proofreader.StEdNL
Edinburgh : Published by John Anderson, Jun.
1831
Pasted to the verso of the half-title is a printed version of Gilfillan's poem "Come, fill my wine cup" which otherwise first appears in the 3rd ed of "Original songs" (1839), and pasted to the verso of the upper free endpaper is Gilfillan's "Ode to the memory of Sir Walter Scott" which is not found in any edition of "Original songs".
Author's proof copy, with manuscript amendments, in which the printed text differs from that of the first published edition in a number of places, e.g. p.13 line 1 : For thee, dear maid, I loved, I sighed
The title page (which has been cut) contains the remains of an ink inscription "[...] the author". The author's proof copy, with manuscript amendments, in which the printed text differs from that of the first published edition in a number of places, e.g. p.13 line 1 : "For thee, dear maid, I loved, I sighed".
English poetry
Scottish poetry.