Robert Burns

Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) is the best known of the poets who have written in Scots. Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland, often revising or adapting them. His poem (and song) Auld Lang Syne is often sung at Hogmanay, and Scots Wha Hae served for a long time as an unofficial National anthem of the country. Other poems and songs of Burns that remain well known today across the world include A Red, Red Rose, A Man's A Man for A' That, To a Louse, and To a Mouse.

External links

• Robert Burns Club based in Alexandria, Scotland
• Robert Burns Resource: the Poetry and Letters of Robert Burns
• Robert Burns Country: the 'official' Robert Burns site
• From Project Gutenberg:
• Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
• The Letters of Robert Burns
• Robert Burns - Maybole Notable
• World Burns Club
• British poets and the French Revolution: Robert Burns, an article about the politics of Robert Burns.