Selected Poems of Robert Burns
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ePublished by
February 2022
Originally published 1892
Poetry
Author: Robert Burns
Compiler: Nathan Haskell Dole
ePublished by
February 2022
Originally published 1892
Poetry
Author: Robert Burns
Compiler: Nathan Haskell Dole
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men...” is just one of the many popular expressions that come from the poetry of Robert Burns, and “Auld Lang Syne,” sung all over the world on New Year’s Eve, is just one of the many well-known songs whose lyrics were written by Robert Burns. Familiarly known as “Rabbie Burns,” he is generally titled “Scotland’s National Bard” and his influence among Scots is so strong—even now, more than two centuries after his death—that in 2009 he won a popular vote as the “The Greatest Scot” of all time (beating out William Wallace, hero of Mel Gibson’s 1995 film Braveheart).
Originally published in 1892, this selection of Burns’s poetry includes a biographical sketch of Burns by Nathan Haskell Dole, notes on most of the individual selections by the same, eleven illustrations (some from the original book, others added in 2022), and an extensive glossary of Scottish words to enable the modern English-language reader to understand the Scottish terms sprinkled throughout the verse. Burns often wrote in Scots language but much of his poetry was in “light Scots dialect of English,” perfectly understandable to the English reader, especially with the help of the glossary; and he also wrote many poems and songs in standard English.
Originally published in 1892, this selection of Burns’s poetry includes a biographical sketch of Burns by Nathan Haskell Dole, notes on most of the individual selections by the same, eleven illustrations (some from the original book, others added in 2022), and an extensive glossary of Scottish words to enable the modern English-language reader to understand the Scottish terms sprinkled throughout the verse. Burns often wrote in Scots language but much of his poetry was in “light Scots dialect of English,” perfectly understandable to the English reader, especially with the help of the glossary; and he also wrote many poems and songs in standard English.