Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect: The Luath Kilmarnock Edition - Hardcover

Robert Burns

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 191074574X ISBN 13: 9781910745748

Publisher: Luath Press Ltd., 2016

Synopsis

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, was Robert Burns' first published collection of poetry. This collection includes 44 of Burns' best known poems including 'To a Louse', 'The Cotter's Saturday Night', 'To a Mouse', 'The Twa Dogs' and 'To a Mountain Daisy'. New material includes an introduction by actor, author and Burns expert John Cairney, an afterword by world-renowned Burns supper speaker Clark McGinn, and illustrations by top political satirist Bob Dewar. Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect was the only work of Burns' poetry to be published during his short lifetime, and is probably the most significant book ever published from Scotland.Preface to the 1786 Kilmarnock Edition
Introduction by John Cairney

The Twa Dogs, a Tale
Scotch Drink
The Author's earnest cry and prayer, to the right honorable and honorable, the Scotch representatives in the House of Commons
The Holy Fair
Address to the Deil
The death and dying words of Poor Maillie
Poor Maillie's Elegy
To J.S****
A Dream
The Vision
Halloween
The auld Farmer's new-year-morning Salutation to his auld Mare, Maggy, on giving her the accustomed ripp of Corn to hansel in the new year
The Cotter's Saturday night, inscribed to R.A. Esq
To a Mouse, on turning her up in her Nest, with the Plough, November, 1785
Epistle to Davie, a brother Poet
The Lament, occasioned by the unfortunate issue of a friend's amour
Despondency, an Ode
Man was made to mourn, a Dirge
Winter, a Dirge
A Prayer in the prospect of Death
To a Mountain-Daisy, on turning one down, with the Plough, in April, 1786
To Ruin
Epistle to a young Friend
On a Scotch Bard gone to the West Indies
A Dedication to G.H. Esq
To a Louse, on seeing one on a Lady's bonnet at Church
Epistle to J.L*****k, an old Scotch Bard
to the fame
to W.S*****n, Ochiltree
to J.R******, enclosing some Poems
Song, It was upon a Lammas night
Song, Now westlin winds, and slaught'ring guns
Song, From thee, Eliza, I must go
The Farewell
Epitaphs and Epigrams
A Bard's Epitaph

Afterword by Clark McGinn
Glossary

About this title

About the Author

ROBERT BURNS was born in Alloway on 25 January 1759 and died in Dumfries aged 37 on 21 July 1796. He is Scotland's National Poet and probably the world's favourite poet, and wrote hundreds of poems and songs, mainly in Scots. He also collected folk songs from all over Scotland, and often revised them or based now work on them. At the age of 27 he published Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, the only book of his poetry published during his short lifetime.

JOHN CAIRNEY, actor, writer, painter and lecturer, grew up in Glasgow. He bacame a household name when he played Robert Burns on the small screen in the 1960s, and became known as 'the Face of Burns'. He has published many books on Burns and other subjects. He lives with his wife, the actress and writer Alannah O'Sullivan, in Glasgow.

CLARK McGINN was born and bred in Ayr and walked the same streets as Rabbie when growing up. From his first Burns Supper performance at Ayr Academy to an international speaking programme proposing the Immortal Memory in many countries every year, he is a well known after dinner speaker and writer (combined with a day job in a major UK bank).

BOB DEWAR was born in Edinburgh and published his first illustrations at the age of 16. He went on to ghost Dennis the Menace and to work on The Scotsman. He has since illustrated many books, worked for many newspapers, held exhibitions and had caricatures hung in the House of Commons, among other places.

Edition details

• Publisher: Luath Press Ltd.
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 191074574X
• ISBN 13: 9781910745748
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Bob Dewar
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 256