Author:Robert Burns (1759-1796)/Poetry

A

 * Address of Beelzebub
 * Address Spoken by Miss Fontenelle on Her Benefit Night
 * Address to a Haggis
 * Address to Edinburgh
 * Address to the Deil
 * Address to the Shade of Thomson
 * Address to the Toothache
 * Address to the Unco Guid, or The Rigidly Righteous
 * Address to the Woodlark
 * Address to Wm. Tytler, Esq., of Woodhouselee
 * Ae Fond Kiss, and Then We Sever
 * Ah, Woe is Me, My Mother Dear
 * Altho' He Has Left Me
 * Anna, Thy Charms
 * Another (Epigram on the Said Occasion...On a Henpecked Country Squire)
 * Apology for Declining an Invitation to Dine
 * Auld Lang Syne
 * Auld Rob Morris
 * Awa' Whigs, Awa'
 * Auld Farmer's Salutation to His Auld Mare Maggy, on Giving Her a Ripp of Corn, to Hansel in the New Year

B

 * Ballad on the American War
 * Ballads on Mr. Heron's Election - Ballad First
 * Ballads on Mr. Heron's Election - Ballad Second
 * Ballads on Mr. Heron's Election - Ballad Third
 * The Banks O' Doon
 * The Banks O' Doon (1st version)
 * The Banks o' Doon
 * The Banks o' Doon (Version printed in the Musical Museum)
 * Bannocks O' Bear Meal
 * A Bard's Epitaph
 * Behold the Hour, the Boat Arrive
 * Behold the Hour, the Boat, Arrive
 * Behold, My Love, How Green the Groves
 * Bessy and Her Spinnin' Wheel
 * Beware O' Bonie Ann
 * Birthday Ode for 31st December, 1787
 * Blythe Hae I been on Yon Hill
 * Blythe was She
 * Bonie Dundee
 * Bonie Jean-a Ballad
 * Bonie Peg-a-Ramsay
 * Bonie Peggy Alison
 * The Bonnie Lass of Albanie
 * Bonnie Lesley
 * A Bottle and Friend
 * Braving Angry Winter's Storms
 * Braw Lads O' Galla Water
 * The Braw Wooer
 * The Brigs of Ayr
 * Burlesque Lament for the Absence of William Creech, Publisher
 * By Allan Stream

C

 * Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes
 * Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes (Second Version)
 * Caledonia
 * The Calf
 * Canst Thou Leave Me Thus, My Katie
 * The Cardin O't, The Spinnin O't
 * Carle, an the King Come
 * Castle Gordon
 * Charlie, He's My Darling
 * The Charming Month of May
 * Clarinda, Mistress of My Soul
 * Cock Up Your Beaver
 * Come, Let Me Take Thee to My Breast
 * Comin' Through the Rye
 * Complimentary Epigram on Maria Riddell
 * Complimentary Versicles to Jessie Lewars
 * Compliments of John Syme of Ryedale
 * Composed in Spring
 * Contented Wi' Little and Cantie Wi' Mair
 * The Cooper O' Cuddy
 * The Cotter's Saturday Night
 * Craigieburn Wood (1791)
 * Craigieburn Wood (1795)
 * Crowdie Ever Mair

D

 * Dainty Davie
 * Damon and Sylvia
 * The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie, The Author's Only Pet Yowe. An Unco Mournfu' Tale
 * The Deil's awa wi' the Exciseman
 * Death and Doctor Hornbook
 * Delia, an Ode
 * The Dean of Faculty
 * A Dedication
 * Deluded Swain, the Pleasure
 * Despondency: An Ode
 * Divine Service in the Kirk of Lamington
 * Does Haughty Gaul Invasion Threat?
 * A Dream
 * Down the Burn, Davie
 * Duncan Davison
 * Duncan Gray

E

 * Election Ballad
 * Election Ballad for Westerha'
 * Elegy on "Stella"
 * Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson
 * Elegy on the Death of Robert Ruisseaux
 * Elegy on the Death of Sir James Hunter Blair
 * Elegy on the Late Miss Burnet of Monboddo
 * Elegy on the Year 1788 (1799)
 * Elegy on Willie Nicol's Mare
 * Epigram Addressed to an Artist
 * Epigram at Brownhill Inn
 * Epigram at Roslin Inn
 * Epigram on a Country Laird
 * Epigram on Francis Grose the Antiquary
 * Epigram on Miss Davies
 * Epigram on Mr. James Gracie
 * Epigram on Parting with a Kind Host in the Highlands
 * Epigram on Rough Roads
 * Epigram on Seeing Miss Fontenelle in a Favourite Character
 * Epigram on the Laird of Laggan
 * Epigram on the Said Occasion (On s Henpecked Country Squire)
 * Epigram to Miss Ainslie in Church
 * Epigram to Miss Jean Scott
 * Epigrams against the Earl of Galloway
 * Epistle from Esopus to Maria
 * Epistle to a Young Friend
 * Epistle to Colonel De Peyster
 * Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet
 * Epistle to Dr. Blacklock
 * Epistle to Hugh Parker
 * Epistle to J. Lapraik, an Old Scottish Bard
 * Epistle to James Tennant of Glenconner
 * Epistle to John Goldie, in Kilmarnock
 * Epistle to John Maxwell, ESQ., of Terraughty
 * Epistle to John Rankine
 * Epistle to Major Logan
 * Epistle to Mrs. Scott
 * Epistle to Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintry
 * Epistle to the Rev. John M'math
 * Epitaph for Gavin Hamilton, Esq. (1786)
 * Epitaph for H - L -, Esq., of L -
 * Epitaph for James Smith
 * Epitaph for Mr. Gabriel Richardson
 * Epitaph for Mr. W. Cruikshank
 * Epitaph for Mr. Walter Riddell
 * Epitaph for Mr. William Michie
 * Epitaph for Robert Aiken, Esq.
 * Epitaph for William Nicol, of the High School, Edinburgh
 * Epitaph on "Wee Johnie"
 * Epitaph on a Lap-Dog Named Echo
 * Epitaph on a Noted Coxcomb
 * Epitaph on Holy Willie
 * Epitaph on John Dove, Innkeeper
 * Epitaph on John Rankine
 * Epitaph On My Ever Honoured Father (1784)
 * Epitaph on Wm. Hood, Senr., in Tarbolton
 * Esteem for Chloris
 * Extemporaneous Effusion
 * Extempore in the Court of Session
 * Extempore on Some Commemorations of Thomson
 * Extempore Reply to an Invitation

F

 * Fairest Maid on Devon Banks
 * Farewell Thou Stream
 * Farewell to Ballochmyle
 * Farewell to Eliza
 * Fickle Fortune
 * A Fiddler in the North
 * The First Six Verses of the Ninetieth Psalm Versified
 * The Flowery Banks of Cree
 * For A' That
 * For the Sake o' Somebody
 * Forlorn, My Love, No Comfort Near
 * The Fornicator
 * Frae the Friends and Land I Love
 * Fragment of Song (1786)
 * Fragment of Song (1792)

G

 * The Gallant Weaver
 * Gloomy December
 * Go On, Sweet Bird, and Sooth My Care
 * The Gowden Locks o' Anna
 * A Grace after Dinner, Extempore
 * Grace after Meat
 * Grace before and after Meat
 * A Grace before Dinner, Extempore
 * Green Grow the Rashes
 * Gude Ale Keeps the Heart Aboon
 * Gudewife, Count the Lawin

H

 * Had I the Wyte? She Bade Me
 * Halloween
 * A Health to Ane I Loe Dear
 * The Highland Balou
 * The Highland Lassie
 * Highland Mary
 * The Highland Widow's Lament
 * Holy Willie's Prayer
 * How Cruel Are the Parents
 * How Lang and Dreary is the Night
 * The Humble Petition Of Bruar Water

I

 * I Gaed a Waefu' Gate Yestreen (c.1820)
 * I'll Aye Ca' in by Yon Town
 * Inconstancy in Love
 * Inscription
 * Inscription for an Altar of Independence (1795)
 * Inscription to Miss Graham of Fintry
 * Inscription to Miss Jessy Lewars
 * It was a' for our Rightful King
 * It was upon a Lammas night

J

 * Jockey's Taen the Parting Kiss
 * John Anderson, My Jo
 * John Barleycorn
 * The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata
 * The Joyful Widower

L

 * Lament For James, Earl Of Glencairn (1791)
 * The Lass O' Ecclefechan
 * The Lass That Made the Bed to Me
 * A Lass Wi' A Tocher
 * Lassie Wi' the Lint-White Locks
 * Lines, written at Dalnacardoch in the Highlands (1799)
 * Logan Water
 * The Lovely Lass O' Inverness
 * The Lover's Morning Salute to His Mistress

M

 * Mally's Meek, Mally's Sweet
 * A Man's a Man for A' That (or: Is There for Honest Poverty)
 * Mark Yonder Pomp of Costly Fashion
 * Mary Morison
 * The Minstrel at Lincluden
 * Monody on a lady Famed for Her Caprice
 * A Mother's Lament For the Death of Her Son
 * My Bonnie Mary (or: The Silver Tassie)
 * My Love She's But a Lassie Yet
 * My Mary Dear
 * My Nanie, O
 * My Nanie's Awa
 * My Spouse Nancy

N

 * A New Psalm For The Chapel Of Kilmarnock
 * News, Lassies, News
 * Nine Inch Will Please a Lady
 * No churchman am I

O

 * O Aye My Wife She Dang Me
 * O Bonie Was Yon Rosy Brier
 * O Lay Thy Loof In Mine, Lass
 * O Let Me in Thes Ae Night
 * O Steer Her Up An' Haud Her Gaun
 * O That's the Lassie O' My Heart
 * O Wat Ye Wha's In Yon Town
 * O Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast
 * Ode for General Washington's Birthday (1784)
 * Of a' the Airts
 * On a Swearing Coxcomb
 * On Chloris Being Ill
 * On James Grieve, Laird Of Boghead, Tarbolton. Epitaph (1784)
 * On Mrs. Riddell's Birthday
 * On The Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland
 * On the Seas and Far Away
 * The Ordination

P

 * Philly and Willy Dialogue
 * The Ploughman
 * A Poet's Welcome To His Love-Begotten Daughter
 * Poor Mailie's Elegy
 * Prayer, In The Prospect Of Death
 * Pretty Peg

R

 * Raging Fortune
 * Rantin' Rovin' Robin
 * A Red, Red Rose
 * Remorseful Apology
 * The Rigs o' Barley
 * A Rose-Bud By My Early Walk

S

 * Saw Ye My Dear, My Philly
 * Scotch Drink
 * Scots Wha Hae (1793)
 * She Says She Loes Me Best of A'
 * Sic a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation (1791)
 * The Soldier's Return (1793)
 * Song (O whistle, and I'll come to ye, my lad)
 * Song (Ae fond kiss)
 * Song (It was upon a Lammas night)
 * Song Inscribed to Alexander Cunningham
 * Sonnet on the Death of Robert Riddell
 * A Stanza Added In A Mason Lodge
 * Sweet Afton

T

 * Tam o' Shanter (1790)
 * The Tear-Drop
 * Their Groves O'Sweet Myrtle
 * There Was a Bonie Lass - A fragment
 * Thine Am I, My Faithful Fair
 * This Is No My Ain Lassie
 * Tho' Women's Minds
 * Thou Gloomy December
 * Thou Hast Left Me Ever, Jamie
 * Thou ling'ring star
 * A Tippling Ballad
 * To a Louse
 * To a Mouse
 * To Mary in Heaven
 * The Trogger
 * The Twa Dogs
 * To James Smith
 * 'Twas Na Her Bonie Blue E'e

U

 * Up in the morning early

V

 * Verses to Collector Mitchell
 * Verses, written on a Window of the Inn at Carron (1799)
 * A Vision

W

 * A Waukrife Minnie
 * Wee Willie Gray - A fragment
 * When Princes and Prelates
 * Where Are the Joys I have Met?
 * Why Should We Idly Waste Our Prime
 * Why, Why Tell the Lover (Fragment)
 * Will ye go to the Indies
 * Willie Brew'd A Peck O' Maut (1789)
 * Wilt Thou Be My Dearie?
 * Winter: A Dirge
 * A Winter Night
 * The Winter of Life
 * The Wren's Nest (Fragment)

Y

 * Yestreen I Had a Pint o' Wine (or: The Gowden Locks o' Anna)
 * Young Jamie, Pride of A' the Plain