On Turning Her up in Her Nest with the Plough, November, 1785 Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle! I ...

My Goose-quill too rude is to tell all your goodness Bestow'd on your servant, the Poet; Would to God I had one like a beam of the Sun, And then all the World, should know it! Robert Burns This is ...

Even Shakespeare isn't afforded that accolade. Every year on the 25th of January, we pay tribute to Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, with Burns suppers featuring recitals of the bard's best ...

Robert Burns, also known as Rabbie, was born to a farming family in 1759 in Ayrshire, Scotland. He composed poetry while on the farm, and found inspiration in simple, everyday experiences.

And how can you bring the festivities into your own home? Robert Burns (1759-1796) was a Scottish poet and lyricist. Regarded as the National Poet of Scotland, Burns contributed heavily to ...

A white marble bust of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns is on the wall of Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey near the memorials to William Shakespeare and Scottish poet James Thomson. The ...