The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer

by Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Versions of The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer include:

• "The Author's Earnest Cry", in The Beauties of Burn's Poems (1819), a chapbook printed in Falkirk
• "The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer", in The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1887), edited by Alexander Smith