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Robert Burns (1759 ? 1796) called himself "an Aeolian harp strung to every wind of heaven." His first volume of poems, entitled Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, was published in 1786. An immediate success, it established Burns's poetic reputation, which has grown over two centuries to the point where he is not only the Scottish national poet but the object of a cult unique in British poetry.
The present volume contains 43 of his finest poems and songs, reprinted unabridged from an authoritative tenth-century edition. Included are "The Twa Dogs," a deft satire of the Scottish upper classes; "To a Mouse," one of the poet's best known, most charming works; "Address to the Unco Guid," an attack on Puritan hypocrisy; "Holy Willie's Prayer," one of the great verse-satires of all times; as well as such favorites as "The Cotter's Saturday Night," "To a Mountain Daisy," "The Holy Fair," "Address to the Deil," "The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie," and many more.
In addition to his poetic undertakings, Burns almost single-handedly preserved and revived the traditional Scottish song, and this volume includes a rich selection of these works: "A Red, Red Rose," "Auld Lang Syne," "Comin' thro' the Rye," "My Heart's in the Highlands," "My Love, She's But a Lassie Yet," and a host of others.
The present volume contains 43 of his finest poems and songs, reprinted unabridged from an authoritative tenth-century edition. Included are "The Twa Dogs," a deft satire of the Scottish upper classes; "To a Mouse," one of the poet's best known, most charming works; "Address to the Unco Guid," an attack on Puritan hypocrisy; "Holy Willie's Prayer," one of the great verse-satires of all times; as well as such favorites as "The Cotter's Saturday Night," "To a Mountain Daisy," "The Holy Fair," "Address to the Deil," "The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie," and many more.
In addition to his poetic undertakings, Burns almost single-handedly preserved and revived the traditional Scottish song, and this volume includes a rich selection of these works: "A Red, Red Rose," "Auld Lang Syne," "Comin' thro' the Rye," "My Heart's in the Highlands," "My Love, She's But a Lassie Yet," and a host of others.
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From Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 1786 The Two Dogs Scotch Drink The Holy Fair Address to the Devil The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie The Cotter's Saturday Night To a Mouse To a Mountain Daisy Epistle to a Young Friend To a Louse Song: "It Was Upon a Lammas Night" From the Additions in the Edinburgh Edition of 1787 Address to the Unco Guid Green Grow the Rashes, O From the Additions in the Edinburgh Edition of 1793 Tam o'Shanter On the Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations thro' Scotland From the Posthumous Pieces Holy Willie's Prayer Songs from Johnson's Scots Musical Museum (1787-1803) and Thomson's Scottish Airs (1793-1818) O, Whistle an' I'll Come to Ye, My Lad I'm O'er Young to Marry Yet The Birks of Aberfeldie O'er the Water to Charlie My Love, She's But a Lassie Yet The Silver Tassie Of A' the Airts Whistle O'er the Lave o't My Heart's in the Highlands John Anderson My Jo Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes Willie Brew'd a Peck o' Maut Ae Fond Kiss The Posie The Banks o' Doon Sweet Afton The Deil's Awa wi' th' Exciseman A Red, Red Rose Auld Lang Syne Comin thro' the Rye Charlie He's My Darling O, Lay Thy Loof in Mine, Lass Open the Door to Me, O Scots, Wha Hae Highland May Miscellaneous Songs There Was a Lad O, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast Glossary Alphabetical List of Titles Alphabetical List of First Lines
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Poems and Songs
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EAN
0800759114160
ISBN
978-0-486-11416-3
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
15.08.2012
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
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0.63 MB
Anzahl Seiten
96
Jahr
2012
Untertitel
Englisch
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