Robert Burns

Robert Burnes (1759-96) er ein av Skottlands største diktarar. Motiva til versa henta han frå det skotske landsbymiljøet han sjølv hadde røtene i. Med humor og kjenslevar innleving skildrar han menneske og natur i rytmar og tonar som minner om folkevisa. Boka innheld vel 60 dikt og songar.

A selection of poetry and lyrics by Scotland's most famous poet features Tam o' Shanter, "Holy Willie's Prayer," "Auld Lang Syne," "To a Mouse," "A Red, Red Rose," and many others. 10,000 first printing.

The perfect gift for poetry lovers. A comprehensive collection of the Scottish Bard's songs and poems. The 19th-century scholar and educationalist J S Blackie summed up Burns's importance to Scotland and the Scots with the words:'When Scotland forgets Burns, then history will forget Scotland.'Today, Burns is unique in the affection and fascination that his memory inspires. The fruits of his legacy can be seen not only in Scotland but around the world - on product packaging, in advertising and on a wealth of merchandise, as well as through continued scholarship and academic study.

Robert Burns (1759-96) was born into a farming family in Ayrshire, Scotland. The publication in 1786 of his first book, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish dialect, made him famous overnight, and saw him feted by Edinburgh society. But Burns made no money from his writing and quickly fell on hard times, returning to farming in Dumfries and, when that failed, to work as an excise officer. He devoted his final years to poetry and the writing of Scottish songs.