Robert Burns Manuscript Poem, <17--?>

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Robert Burns Manuscript Poem, <17--?>

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The Esty manuscript of the elegy for Isabella M'Leod's brother, and the only manuscript text to include the qualification " & whose family had for some time suffered a train of misfortunes"; the manuscript is collated by James Kinsley in his 3-vol. edition of The Songs and poems of Robert Burns (Oxford University Press, Oxford, Eng., 1968, no. 162); cf. also notes, III, 1241; poem consists of 28 lines, 7 stanzas, 2 pages on the recto & verso of 1 quarto leaf.

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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796

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Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism, and a cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish diaspora around the world. Celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature. ...