The Complete Poems & Songs of Robert Burns is a collection of poetical works, the scope of which is as varied as it is entertaining. Burns, the "ploughman poet, could write as easily about politics, history, Scottish nationalism, hatred for pomposity & social disadvantage, & the excitement of having illicit love affairs (of which he had many) as he could about nature & an admiration of beauty. This book contains the complete poems & songs of this remarkable man, with an introduction to & chronology of his life, a glossary of Scots words & indexes of title & first lines.