Chapter I: Front Matter

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POEMS
ON
GOLF

[Decoration]

EDINBURGH
Printed for Private Circulation
1867

Some Members of THE EDINBURGH BURGESS GOLFING SOCIETY having resolved to collect and print a few fugitive pieces in verse relating to the game of GOLF, the following Poems and Songs have been after some labour procured, and are now printed (some for the first time) for private circulation among the Subscribers whose names are appended.

EDINBURGH, _April 1867_.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

THE GOFF, an Heroi-comical Poem 1

GOLFIANA--Address to St. Andrews 20

" The Golfiad 22

" The first Hole at St. Andrews
on a crowded day 29

" Another Peep at the Links 36

THE NINE HOLES OF ST. ANDREWS LINKS 48

SCRAP--"The following scrap" &c. 56

SONG--The Golfers' Garland 57

" The Links o' Innerleven 60

" In praise of Gutta Percha 63

" "Far and Sure" 66

" "Gae bring my guid auld clubs" 68

" "Come, leave your dingy desks" 73

" "When Tom and me were laddies" 77

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

BANNATYNE, ADAM B., Advocate.
BARCLAY, JAS., Writer.
BAYLEY, GEO., W.S.
BELL, W. H., A.C.S.
BEVERIDGE, WILL. T. R., A.C.S.
BRODIE, WM., R.S.A.
BROWN, W. A., Advocate.
BROWN, THOMAS, Writer.
BURN, GEORGE, W.S.

CALDER, A., Insurance Manager.
CHISHOLM, JOHN K., Dentist.
CLARK, AND. R., Advocate.
CLARK, R., Printer.
CURROR, D., S.S.C.

DRUMMOND, JAMES, R.S.A.
DRYSDALE, WILLIAM, D.C.S.

FRASER, WM. N., of Tornaveen.

GOUGH, OWEN, Holyrood Palace.

HAY, JAMES, Esq., Leith.
HENDERSON, ANDREW, Writer.
HENDERSON, DAVID, Writer.
HUTCHISON, H., Writer.
HUTTON, WM., Writer.

JACK, JNO., Writer.
JAMIESON, JAMES T., S.S.C.
JOHNSTON, ROB., Solicitor.

KINNEAR, JAS., Writer.
KIRKWOOD, JAMES, Merchant.

LANDALE, THO., S.S.C.
LEE, ROBERT, Advocate.
LEGGAT, JAMES, Coal Master.
LEISHMAN, JOHN, W.S.

MACKENZIE, JOHN, W.S.
MACMILLAN, H., Writer.
M'EWEN, J., Writer.
MANN, W., Writer.
MELVILLE, F. SUTHER, A.C.S.
MILLAR, WM., Board of Supervision.
MITCHELL, A., Banker.
MONCREIFF, JAMES, M.P., Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.
MONCRIEFF, A., Advocate.
MORRISON, AD., S.S.C.
MURRAY, ANDW., Jun., W.S.

PATTISON, G. H., Advocate.

REID, WILLIAM, Writer.

SHAW, ROBERT B., Assistant Clerk of the Bills.
SMITH, DANIEL, Corn Factor.
STEVEN, ROBERT, Writer.
STEVENSON, PETER, Philosophical Instrument Maker.

THOMS, GEO. H., Advocate.
THOMPSON, J. GIBSON.
THOMSON, JOHN, S.S.C.
THOMSON, W. M., Advocate.

WADDELL, ALEX. PEDDIE, W.S.
WELCH, C., Writer, Cupar.
WILLIAMSON, JAMES, Traveller.
WILSON, GEO. B., Accountant.

YOUNG, J. WM., 22 Royal Circus.

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[Decoration]

THE GOFF.

By THOMAS MATHISON, originally a Writer in Edinburgh, and
afterwards Minister of Brechin. Reprinted from the second
edition of the Poem.--1763.