Product Description

Robert Burns, the most celebrated of all Scottish poets, is remembered with great devotion - his birthday on 25th January provokes fervour and festivity among Scots and many others the world over. Born in 1759 into miserable rustic poverty, by the age of eighteen Burns had acquired a good knowledge of both classical and English literature. In June 1786 his first collection of verse, Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, which included To a Mouse and The Cotter's Saturday Night, was greeted with huge acclaim by all classes of society. His later poems and ballads include Auld Lang Syne, the beautiful song My Love is like a Red Red Rose, Highland Mary, Scots Wha Hae and his masterpiece, Tam o'Shanter.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #88503 in Books
• Published on: 1994-09-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 640 pages

Customer Reviews

wonderful not to be missed

a wonderful book of poetry, not to be missed, good to have at your beside

poetic genius
The poetry and rhyme of Robert Burns is indeed an ideal companion for any time, but I found it especially satisfying to peruse this collection in the summer months. At 560 pages it is, to the best of my knowledge, complete and contains all well known works of the poet. For a volume of this size the soft paper cover feels a little flimsy, but it has survived my reading its entirety with only a minor, unnoticeable, crease on its back.