Works of Robert Burns

Scotland's favourite Bard, is famous the world over for his poems and songs, often regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic Movement he is still inspiring and influencing Scottish literature centuries after his death.

His unique, contemporary, passionate and often radical work is what differentiates Burns from other poets of his generation. A keen traveller, Burns collected folk songs from across Scotland along the way, revising and adapting them into his own unique style. Equally famous for his thought provoking, romantic poems as he was for his more humorous work, like Tam O'Shater, his ability to diversify is one of the many reasons his work has survived through the ages.

Across the globe, you will often hear recitals of work by Robert Burns and more often than not, during New Year's celebrations, when friends, family and acquaintances join hands to sing Auld Lang Syne, one of his best loved poems, which encourages us to put the previous year behind and look forward to the new year ahead.

For full details and listing of the works created by Burns throughout his lifetime click here.