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Burns: Poems - Robert Burns & Gerard Carruthers

By Robert Burns & Gerard Carruthers

Release Date: 2007-01-09

Genre: Poetry

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This volume collects the most essential of the immortal poems and songs of Scotland's beloved national bard. AN EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY POCKET POET.

With the publication of his first book of poems in 1786, Robert Burnsā€”the twenty-seven-year-old son of a farmerā€”became a national celebrity, hailed as the "Ploughman Poet." When he died ten years later, ten thousand people came to pay their respects at his funeral, and in the two centuries since then he has inspired a cultlike following among Scots and poetry lovers around the world. A pioneer of the Romantic movement, Burns wrote in a light Scots dialect with brio, emotional directness, and wit, drawing on classical and English literary traditions as well as Scottish folkloreā€”and leaving a timeless legacy. All his most famous lyrics and poems are collected here, from "A Red, Red Rose," "To a Mouse," and ā€œTo a Louseā€ to ā€œTam o'Shanter,ā€ ā€œHoly Willie's Prayer,ā€ and ā€œAuld Lang Syne.ā€

Burns: Poems - Robert Burns & Gerard Carruthers

By Robert Burns & Gerard Carruthers

Release Date: 2007-01-09

Genre: Poetry

(0 ratings)
Read Download
This volume collects the most essential of the immortal poems and songs of Scotland's beloved national bard. AN EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY POCKET POET.

With the publication of his first book of poems in 1786, Robert Burnsā€”the twenty-seven-year-old son of a farmerā€”became a national celebrity, hailed as the "Ploughman Poet." When he died ten years later, ten thousand people came to pay their respects at his funeral, and in the two centuries since then he has inspired a cultlike following among Scots and poetry lovers around the world. A pioneer of the Romantic movement, Burns wrote in a light Scots dialect with brio, emotional directness, and wit, drawing on classical and English literary traditions as well as Scottish folkloreā€”and leaving a timeless legacy. All his most famous lyrics and poems are collected here, from "A Red, Red Rose," "To a Mouse," and ā€œTo a Louseā€ to ā€œTam o'Shanter,ā€ ā€œHoly Willie's Prayer,ā€ and ā€œAuld Lang Syne.ā€

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