. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. cotland to the otlier; amongthem, Jessie, the Flower o Dunblane, TheBraes o Balquither, Gloomy Winters now awa, The Lass o Arantoeenie, Loudons BonnieWoods and Braes, and several others, continueto be special favourites. His acquaintance was now courted by manywlio were his superiors in station; but his mindwas naturally prone to despondency, and, despair-ing of ever being able to raise himself above theobscurity of his original condition, he soon gaveway to a confirmed m
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. cotland to the otlier; amongthem, Jessie, the Flower o Dunblane, TheBraes o Balquither, Gloomy Winters now awa, The Lass o Arantoeenie, Loudons BonnieWoods and Braes, and several others, continueto be special favourites. His acquaintance was now courted by manywlio were his superiors in station; but his mindwas naturally prone to despondency, and, despair-ing of ever being able to raise himself above theobscurity of his original condition, he soon gaveway to a confirmed melancholy. The refusal ofMr. Constable to publish a second edition of hispoems, added to the depression of his spirits; andhaving resolved to destroy everything which hehad written, he burnt all his manuscripts, includ-ing many songs which had never been others who visited him about this time was the Ettrick Shepherd. After a night spent inthe most delightful communion of sentiment, Hoggtook his departure, Taunahill mournfully exclaim-ing, Farewell, we shall never meet again IHis portrait is 7s f The day previous to his death he went to Glas-gow, where he displayed such unequivocal proofsof mental derangement, that one of his friendsconsidered it necessary to accompany him backto Paisley On being apprised of the state of hismind, his brothers hastened to their niotlicishouse, where the} found that Robert had gone tobed, and was apparently asleep. About an hourafterwards it was discovered that he had risenfrom his bed, and goue out. Search was made inevery direction, and next morning his body wasdiscovered in a pool in the vicinity of Paisley,where ho had evideutly drowned himself. Thismelancholy event took place May 17, 1810, whenlie had only reached his 36th year. In 1838 anenlarged edition of his poems and sougs, \\\\\\ TANNAHILL. 550 TASSIE memoirs of the author and of his friend, R. , by Mr. Philip A. Ramsay, was publishedat Glasgow.
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