Allan Cunningham

Robert Burns (1759-1796), also known as the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. This book contains his complete poems, songs, and correspondence, with a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham.
Table of Contents:
The Life of Robert Burns
Poems:
Winter. A Dirge
The Death and dying Words of poor Mailie
Poor Mailie's Elegy
First Epistle to Davie, a brother Poet
Second
Address to the Deil
The auld Farmer's New-year Morning Salutation to his auld Mare Maggie
To a Haggis
A Prayer under the pressure of violent Anguish
A Prayer in the prospect of Death
Stanzas on the same occasion
A Winter Night
Remorse
The Jolly Beggars
Death and Dr. Hornbook
The Twa Herds; or, the Holy Tulzie
Holy Willie's Prayer
Epitaph to Holy Willie
The Inventory
The Holy Fair
The Ordination
The Calf
To James Smith
The Vision
Halloween…
Epitaphs, Epigrams, Fragments:
On the Author's
On R.A., Esq
On a Friend
For Gavin Hamilton
On wee Johnny
On John Dove, Innkeeper, Mauchline
On a Wag in Mauchline
On a celebrated ruling Elder
On a noisy Polemic
On Miss Jean Scott…
Songs and Ballads:
Handsome Nell
Luckless Fortune
Tibbie, I hae seen the day
John Barleycorn
The Rigs o' Barley
Montgomery's Peggy
The Mauchline Lady
The Highland Lassie
Peggy
The rantin' Dog the Daddie o't
My Nannie O
Bonnie Peggy Alison
Green grow the Rashes, O
My Jean
Robin
Young Peggy
The Cure for all Care
Eliza
The Sons of Old Killie
And maun I still on Menie doat
The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James's Lodge, Tarbolton
On Cessnock Banks
Mary
The Lass of Ballochmyle…
General Correspondence
Remarks on Scottish Songs and Ballads
The Border Tour
The Highland Tour
Burns's Assignment of his Works

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