Author:Robert Burns (1759-1796)/Poetry
Appearance
A
[edit]- Address of Beelzebub
- Address Spoken by Miss Fontenelle on Her Benefit Night
- Address to a Haggis
- Address to Edinburgh
- Address to the Deil
- Address to the Shade of Thomson
- Address to the Toothache
- Address to the Unco Guid, or The Rigidly Righteous
- Address to the Woodlark
- Address to Wm. Tytler, Esq., of Woodhouselee
- Ae Fond Kiss, and Then We Sever
- Ah, Woe is Me, My Mother Dear
- Altho' He Has Left Me
- Anna, Thy Charms
- Another (Epigram on the Said Occasion...On a Henpecked Country Squire)
- Apology for Declining an Invitation to Dine
- Auld Lang Syne
- Auld Rob Morris
- Awa' Whigs, Awa'
- Auld Farmer's Salutation to His Auld Mare Maggy, on Giving Her a Ripp of Corn, to Hansel in the New Year
B
[edit]- Ballad on the American War
- Ballads on Mr. Heron's Election - Ballad First
- Ballads on Mr. Heron's Election - Ballad Second
- Ballads on Mr. Heron's Election - Ballad Third
- The Banks O' Doon
- Bannocks O' Bear Meal
- A Bard's Epitaph
- Behold the Hour, the Boat Arrive
- Behold the Hour, the Boat, Arrive
- Bessy and Her Spinnin' Wheel
- Beware O' Bonie Ann
- Birthday Ode for 31st December, 1787
- Blythe Hae I been on Yon Hill
- Blythe was She
- Bonie Dundee
- Bonie Jean-a Ballad
- Bonie Peg-a-Ramsay
- Bonie Peggy Alison
- The Bonnie Lass of Albanie
- Bonnie Lesley
- A Bottle and Friend
- Braving Angry Winter's Storms
- Braw Lads O' Galla Water
- The Braw Wooer
- The Brigs of Ayr
- Burlesque Lament for the Absence of William Creech, Publisher
- By Allan Stream
C
[edit]- Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes
- Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes (Second Version)
- Caledonia
- The Calf
- Canst Thou Leave Me Thus, My Katie
- The Cardin O't, The Spinnin O't
- Carle, an the King Come
- Charlie, He's My Darling
- The Charming Month of May
- Clarinda, Mistress of My Soul
- Cock Up Your Beaver
- Come, Let Me Take Thee to My Breast
- Comin' Through the Rye
- Complimentary Epigram on Maria Riddell
- Complimentary Versicles to Jessie Lewars
- Compliments of John Syme of Ryedale
- Composed in Spring
- Contented Wi' Little and Cantie Wi' Mair
- The Cooper O' Cuddy
- The Cotter's Saturday Night
- Craigieburn Wood (1791)
- Craigieburn Wood (1795)
- Crowdie Ever Mair
D
[edit]- Dainty Davie
- Damon and Sylvia
- The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie, The Author's Only Pet Yowe. An Unco Mournfu' Tale
- The Deil's awa wi' the Exciseman
- Death and Doctor Hornbook
- Delia, an Ode
- The Dean of Faculty
- A Dedication
- Deluded Swain, the Pleasure
- Despondency: An Ode
- Divine Service in the Kirk of Lamington
- Does Haughty Gaul Invasion Threat?
- A Dream
- Down the Burn, Davie
- Duncan Davison
- Duncan Gray
E
[edit]- Election Ballad
- Election Ballad for Westerha'
- Elegy on "Stella"
- Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson
- Elegy on the Death of Robert Ruisseaux
- Elegy on the Death of Sir James Hunter Blair
- Elegy on the Late Miss Burnet of Monboddo
- Elegy on the Year 1788 (1799)
- Elegy on Willie Nicol's Mare
- Epigram Addressed to an Artist
- Epigram at Brownhill Inn
- Epigram at Roslin Inn
- Epigram on a Country Laird
- Epigram on Francis Grose the Antiquary
- Epigram on Miss Davies
- Epigram on Mr. James Gracie
- Epigram on Parting with a Kind Host in the Highlands
- Epigram on Rough Roads
- Epigram on Seeing Miss Fontenelle in a Favourite Character
- Epigram on the Laird of Laggan
- Epigram on the Said Occasion (On s Henpecked Country Squire)
- Epigram to Miss Ainslie in Church
- Epigram to Miss Jean Scott
- Epigrams against the Earl of Galloway
- Epistle from Esopus to Maria
- Epistle to a Young Friend
- Epistle to Colonel De Peyster
- Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet
- Epistle to Dr. Blacklock
- Epistle to Hugh Parker
- Epistle to J. Lapraik, an Old Scottish Bard
- Epistle to James Tennant of Glenconner
- Epistle to John Goldie, in Kilmarnock
- Epistle to John Maxwell, ESQ., of Terraughty
- Epistle to John Rankine
- Epistle to Major Logan
- Epistle to Mrs. Scott
- Epistle to Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintry
- Epistle to the Rev. John M'math
- Epitaph for Gavin Hamilton, Esq. (1786)
- Epitaph for H - L -, Esq., of L -
- Epitaph for James Smith
- Epitaph for Mr. Gabriel Richardson
- Epitaph for Mr. W. Cruikshank
- Epitaph for Mr. Walter Riddell
- Epitaph for Mr. William Michie
- Epitaph for Robert Aiken, Esq.
- Epitaph for William Nicol, of the High School, Edinburgh
- Epitaph on "Wee Johnie"
- Epitaph on a Lap-Dog Named Echo
- Epitaph on a Noted Coxcomb
- Epitaph on Holy Willie
- Epitaph on John Dove, Innkeeper
- Epitaph on John Rankine
- Epitaph On My Ever Honoured Father (1784)
- Epitaph on Wm. Hood, Senr., in Tarbolton
- Esteem for Chloris
- Extemporaneous Effusion
- Extempore in the Court of Session
- Extempore on Some Commemorations of Thomson
- Extempore Reply to an Invitation
F
[edit]- Fairest Maid on Devon Banks
- Farewell Thou Stream
- Farewell to Ballochmyle
- Farewell to Eliza
- Fickle Fortune
- A Fiddler in the North
- The First Six Verses of the Ninetieth Psalm Versified
- The Flowery Banks of Cree
- For A' That
- For the Sake o' Somebody
- Forlorn, My Love, No Comfort Near
- The Fornicator
- Frae the Friends and Land I Love
- Fragment of Song (1786)
- Fragment of Song (1792)
G
[edit]- The Gallant Weaver
- Gloomy December
- Go On, Sweet Bird, and Sooth My Care
- The Gowden Locks o' Anna
- A Grace after Dinner, Extempore
- Grace after Meat
- Grace before and after Meat
- A Grace before Dinner, Extempore
- Green Grow the Rashes
- Gude Ale Keeps the Heart Aboon
- Gudewife, Count the Lawin
H
[edit]- Had I the Wyte? She Bade Me
- Halloween
- A Health to Ane I Loe Dear
- The Highland Balou
- The Highland Lassie
- Highland Mary
- The Highland Widow's Lament
- Holy Willie's Prayer
- How Cruel Are the Parents
- How Lang and Dreary is the Night
- The Humble Petition Of Bruar Water
I
[edit]- I Gaed a Waefu' Gate Yestreen (c.1820)
- I'll Aye Ca' in by Yon Town
- Inconstancy in Love
- Inscription
- Inscription for an Altar of Independence (1795)
- Inscription to Miss Graham of Fintry
- Inscription to Miss Jessy Lewars
- It was a' for our Rightful King
- It was upon a Lammas night
J
[edit]- Jockey's Taen the Parting Kiss
- John Anderson, My Jo
- John Barleycorn
- The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata
- The Joyful Widower
K
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[edit]- Lament For James, Earl Of Glencairn (1791)
- The Lass O' Ecclefechan
- The Lass That Made the Bed to Me
- A Lass Wi' A Tocher
- Lassie Wi' the Lint-White Locks
- Lines, written at Dalnacardoch in the Highlands (1799)
- Logan Water
- The Lovely Lass O' Inverness
- The Lover's Morning Salute to His Mistress
M
[edit]- Mally's Meek, Mally's Sweet
- A Man's a Man for A' That (or: Is There for Honest Poverty)
- Mark Yonder Pomp of Costly Fashion
- Mary Morison
- The Minstrel at Lincluden
- Monody on a lady Famed for Her Caprice
- A Mother's Lament For the Death of Her Son
- My Bonnie Mary (or: The Silver Tassie)
- My Chloris
- My Love She's But a Lassie Yet
- My Mary Dear
- My Nanie, O
- My Nanie's Awa
- My Spouse Nancy
N
[edit]- A New Psalm For The Chapel Of Kilmarnock
- News, Lassies, News
- Nine Inch Will Please a Lady
- No churchman am I
O
[edit]- O Aye My Wife She Dang Me
- O Bonie Was Yon Rosy Brier
- O Lay Thy Loof In Mine, Lass
- O Let Me in Thes Ae Night
- O Steer Her Up An' Haud Her Gaun
- O That's the Lassie O' My Heart
- O Wat Ye Wha's In Yon Town
- O Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast
- Ode for General Washington's Birthday (1784)
- Of a' the Airts
- On a Swearing Coxcomb
- On Chloris Being Ill
- On James Grieve, Laird Of Boghead, Tarbolton. Epitaph (1784)
- On Mrs. Riddell's Birthday
- On The Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland
- On the Seas and Far Away
- The Ordination
P
[edit]- Philly and Willy Dialogue
- The Ploughman
- A Poet's Welcome To His Love-Begotten Daughter
- Poor Mailie's Elegy
- Prayer, In The Prospect Of Death
- Pretty Peg
Q
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[edit]- Raging Fortune
- Rantin' Rovin' Robin
- A Red, Red Rose
- Remorseful Apology
- The Rigs o' Barley
- A Rose-Bud By My Early Walk
S
[edit]- Saw Ye My Dear, My Philly
- Scotch Drink
- Scots Wha Hae (1793)
- She Says She Loes Me Best of A'
- Sic a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation (1791)
- The Soger's Return
- Song (O whistle, and I'll come to ye, my lad)
- Song (It was upon a Lammas night)
- Song Inscribed to Alexander Cunningham
- Sonnet on the Death of Robert Riddell
- A Stanza Added In A Mason Lodge
- Streams that glide
- Sweet Afton
T
[edit]- Tam o' Shanter (1790)
- The Tear-Drop
- Their Groves O'Sweet Myrtle
- There Was a Bonie Lass - A fragment
- Thine Am I, My Faithful Fair
- This Is No My Ain Lassie
- Tho' Women's Minds
- Thou Gloomy December
- Thou Hast Left Me Ever, Jamie
- Thou ling'ring star
- A Tippling Ballad
- To a Louse
- To a Mouse
- To Mary in Heaven
- The Trogger
- The Twa Dogs
- To James Smith
- 'Twas Na Her Bonie Blue E'e
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[edit]- A Waukrife Minnie
- Wee Willie Gray - A fragment
- When Princes and Prelates
- Where Are the Joys I have Met?
- Why Should We Idly Waste Our Prime
- Why, Why Tell the Lover (Fragment)
- Will ye go to the Indies
- Willie Brew'd A Peck O' Maut (1789)
- Wilt Thou Be My Dearie?
- Winter: A Dirge
- A Winter Night
- The Winter of Life
- The Wren's Nest (Fragment)
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[edit]- Yestreen I Had a Pint o' Wine (or: The Gowden Locks o' Anna)
- Young Jamie, Pride of A' the Plain