Robert Burns (1759-1796), also known as the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. This book contains his complete poems, songs, and correspondence, with a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham. Table of Contents: The Life of Robert Burns Poems: Winter. A Dirge The Death and dying Words of poor Mailie Poor Mailie's Elegy First Epistle to Davie, a brother Poet Second Address to the Deil The auld Farmer's New-year Morning Salutation to his auld Mare Maggie To a Haggis A Prayer under the pressure of violent Anguish A Prayer in the prospect of Death Stanzas on the same occasion A Winter Night Remorse The Jolly Beggars Death and Dr. Hornbook The Twa Herds; or, the Holy Tulzie Holy Willie's Prayer Epitaph to Holy Willie The Inventory The Holy Fair The Ordination The Calf To James Smith The Vision Halloween Epitaphs, Epigrams, Fragments: On the Author's On R.A., Esq On a Friend For Gavin Hamilton On wee Johnny On John Dove, Innkeeper, Mauchline On a Wag in Mauchline On a celebrated ruling Elder On a noisy Polemic On Miss Jean Scott Songs and Ballads: Handsome Nell Luckless Fortune Tibbie, I hae seen the day John Barleycorn The Rigs o' Barley Montgomery's Peggy The Mauchline Lady The Highland Lassie Peggy The rantin' Dog the Daddie o't My Nannie O Bonnie Peggy Alison Green grow the Rashes, O My Jean Robin Young Peggy The Cure for all Care Eliza The Sons of Old Killie And maun I still on Menie doat The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James's Lodge, Tarbolton On Cessnock Banks Mary The Lass of Ballochmyle General Correspondence Remarks on Scottish Songs and Ballads The Border Tour The Highland Tour Burns's Assignment of his Works