THE POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS

Burns was born at Alloway, near Ayr, January 25, 1759.
fries, July 21, 1796.

"The simple Bard, rough at the rustic plough,
Learning his tuneful trade from ev'ry bough;
The chanting linnet, or the mellow thrush,

He died at Dum

Hailing the setting sun, sweet, in the green thorn bush;
The soaring lark, the perching red-breast shrill,
Or deep-ton'd plovers grey, wild-whistling o'er the hill."

From "The Brigs of Ayr." Sir Walter Scott wrote. "I never saw such another eye in a human head as the eye of Burns, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time."

THE POEMS

OF

ROBERT BURNS

THE POET OF RELIGION,
DEMOCRACY, BROTHERHOOD

AND LOVE

EDITED BY

JAMES L. HUGHES

AUTHOR OF "DICKENS AS AN EDUCATOR," "FROEBEL'S
EDUCATIONAL LAWS, 'ADULT AND CHILD," "RAINBOWS

ON WAR CLOUDS,' "BONGS OF GLADNESS AND
GROWTH," "CHILDHOOD'S PARADISE,' ETC.

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HODDER & STOUGHTON
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