Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) [Paperback]

Robert Burns (Author), Carol McGuirk (Editor, Introduction)

Book Description

Series: Penguin Classics | Publication Date: May 3, 1994

This selection gives equal weight to the two aspects of Robert Burns's reputation, as a lyricist and as a much-loved Scottish poet. Placing works in probable order of composition, it includes lyrics to his most well known songs, such as the nostalgic Auld Lang Syne, the romantic A Red, Red Rose, and the patriotic Scots What Hae. As a poet, Burns wrote with deceptive simplicity and imaginative sympathy, and demonstrated enormous range - from comic dramatic monologues such as Holy Willie's Prayer, which mocks hypocrisy, to narratives including the celebrated Tam O' Shanter, about the ghostly visions of a drunk.

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Address To A Haggis
Address To Beelzebub
Address To The Deil
Address To The Unco Guid, Or The Rigidly Righteous
Afton Water
The Auld Farmer's New Year Morning Salutation ... Auld Mare
Auld Lang Syne
The Author's Earnest Cry And Prayer
Ay Waukin, O
The Banks O' Doon
A Bard's Epitaph
The Bonnie Wee Thing
Charlie He's My Darling
The Cotter's Saturday Night
Death And Doctor Hornbook; A True Story
The Death And Dying Words Of Poor Mailie
A Dream
Duan Second
Elegy On The Death Of Robert Ruisseaux
Elegy On The Year 1788
Epistle To A Young Friend
Epistle To Davie, A Brother Poet
Epistle To Hugh Parker
Epistle To James Smith
Epistle To John Lapraik, An Old Scottish Bard
Epistle To The Rev. John M'math
Epistle To William Stewart
Epitaph On My Own Friend And My Father's Friend, William M.
Extemporaneous Effusion
Extempore To Gavin Hamilton. Stanzas On Naething
Farewell To The Highlands
A Fond Kiss
For A' That And A' That; Song
The Fornicator. A New Song
The Gallant Weaver
Green Grow The Rashes, O
Hey Ca' Thro'
Highland Harry
The Holy Fair
Holy Willie's Prayer
I Hae A Wife O' My Ain
I Love My Jean
I Murder Hate
It Was A' For Our Rightfu' King
Jamie, Come Try Me
John Anderson My Jo
John Barleycorn
Kirkcudbright Grace
Lady Mary Ann
Lassie Lie Near Me
Last May A Braw Wooer Came Down The Lang Glen
Lines Written On A Bank Note
Lines Written On Windows Of The Globe Inn, Dumfries
Logan Water
Louis What Reck I By Thee
Love And Liberty
Man Was Made To Mourn
Mary Morison
A Mountain Daisy
My Father Was A Farmer
My Love She's But A Lassie Yet
My Nanie, O
My Peggy's Face, My Peggy's Form
O For Ane And Twenty Tam
O Once I Lov'd
O'er He Water To Charlie
Ode To Spring
Oh, Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast
On Stirling; Seeing The Royal Palace In Ruin
On The Battle Of Sheriffmuir
A Poet's Welcome To His Love-begotten Daughter
Poor Mailie's Elegy
The Rantin Dog The Daddie O't
Rattlin,' Roarin' Willie
A Red, Red Rose
The Rigs O' Barley
Sae Flaxen Were Her Ringlets
Sandy And Jockie
Scotch Drink
Scots Wha Hae
Song Composed In August
Tam Glen
Tam O' Shanter
The Taylor Fell Thro' The Bed
There Was A Lad
Tibbie Dunbar
To A Gentleman Who Sent Him A Newspaper
To A Louse, On Seeing One On A Lady's Bonnet At Church
To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough
To Alexander Findlater
To Daunton Me
To Robert Graham Of Fintry, Esq.
To The Same
To William Simson, Ochiltree
The Twa Dogs
Verses Written Under Fergusson's Portrait
The Vision
Wantonness
When First I Came To Stewart Kyle
When Princes And Prelates
Whistle, And I'll Come To You My Lad
Kirkcudbright Grace
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Book Description

Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It includes novels, poetry, short stories, and essays. The series is extensive and open-ended, and provides school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. It includes writing in English from various genres and differing times. Robert Burns: Selected Poems is edited by Kenneth Brown, Faculty of Education, University of Strathclyde. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Classics (May 3, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140423826
• ISBN-13: 978-0140423822
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Man I love this Cat!!!!!!!!, February 1, 2006

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This review is from: Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)

This is the best volume you'll find of the poetry of the great Bobby Burns (1759-1796). What's so great about this guy is that his poetry is never really sad or whiny like, well just about everybody else, but his poetry is really happy and merry; just a song you sing while drinking scotch. Another thing is that Burns is just the voice of Scotland. His poems in the Scottish dialect are nothing short of delightful like one of my favorites of his, A Red, Red Rose
Oh my luve is like a red, red rose ,
That's newly sprung in June
Oh my luve is like a melodie
That's sweetly played in tune
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I,
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun!
And I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only luve,
And fare thee weel awile!
And I will come again, my luve,
Though it were ten thousand mile!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Collector's Poetry Book, January 19, 2007

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This review is from: Robert Burns: Selected Poems (Phoenix Poetry) (Hardcover)

Sure, most Robert Burns poems are on the `Net. Sure, we can look them up, print them out, and then recycle them. But what if you are at home, with no computer on, or in the park, or in a bus or train or plane? This is a smooth, slim, handsome volume, with a purple picture of a thistle on the cover and a ribbon placeholder inside. This is a book of poems for the ages--familiar, resonant, humorous, and ready.

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Burns Is Still On Fire, August 5, 2000

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Mark (Athen, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)

Robert Burns was and still is the greatest Scottish poet to ever live. This book takes you deep inside the mind of the Scots and makes you feel like one yourself. A perfect selection of literature, it is sure to be among your favorite bedside books. Buy it!!!