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Robert Burns

Poet and Citizen

Robert Burns a great Scottish poet. Rodilsya January 25, 1759 in Alloway (county Er) in the tenant farmer family, William Burns and his wife Agnes.

House where Robert Burns was born. Today it is museum of memory to Great Poetry.

Robert's mother knew many Scottish songs and ballads and often sang them to her son. Burns began to write poetry when he was fourteen. He composed verses to the melodies of old folk-songs, which he had admired from his early childhood.

This is the first poem of Robert Burns.

( in the Scottish dialect )

O once I lov'd a bonnie lass .

An ' aye I love her still ,

An' whilst that virtue warms my breast

I'll love my handsome Nell.  

As bonnie lasses I hae seen.

And mony full as braw, But for a modest gracefu ' mein

The like I never saw. . .

Я прежде девушку любил

И до сих пор люблю.

Нет, никогда б я не забыл

Нел славную мою.

Красавиц много видел я,

Им не было числа,

Но только милая моя

Изящна и мила…

Robert Burns married Jean Armour.

Burns joined a Masonic lodge in 1781. Masonry influenced strongly enough on his work.

Poetry of Burns The poems of Burns are written in the Scottish dialect on a variety of subjects. Mainly, 3 kinds

• Political poems
• Satirical poems
• Lyrics

Burns and music

The poet’s song «Oh, my love is like a Red rose», is one of the most loved lyrical songs.

Songs in the Scottish poet's poems in translation Marshak used in movies.

Romance «Love and poverty» («Poortith Cauld And Restless Love») from the movie "Hello, I'm Your Aunt!"

The song «Love is like a rose red» («Oh, my love is like a Red rose») from the movie "School Waltz"

Burns wrote about the national struggle of the Scottish people for their liberation from English oppression.

Robert Burns in Edinburgh. 1787

January 25 a national holiday in Scotland, celebrated a solemn dinner. This day is celebrated by fans of the poet in the world.

Robert Burns worked hard and ruined his health. He died in poverty at the age of thirty seven in 1796.

House in Dumfries, where he lived the last years of Robert Burns.

He was buried in the churchyard of St. Michael's in Dumfries.

Mausoleum in Dumfries

Statue to Robert Burns in Leyte.

Monument to Robert Burns in Central Park. New York.

Burns in philately

Stamps of Great Britain and Scotland

Postage stamp of the USSR, dedicated to Robert Burns