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• Author: Robert Burns
• Publisher: Faber
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 96
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Robert Burns Selected Poems

Robert Burns (1759-96) was the eldest son of a tenant farmer in Aryshire. He endured hardships and frustration before emerging as a poet and songwriter in his native dialect as well as in English. His poems were published in 1787, and he received part of the money that the new edition earned for him, he made a number of tours, to the boarders and the Highlands. Later, he lived in Dumfriesshire and become an Excise Officer. Burn's literary work in the remaining years of his life consists of many outstanding songs, and the poem 'Tam o'Shanter'.
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Robert Burns (1759-96) was the eldest son of a tenant farmer in Aryshire. He endured hardships & frustration before emerging as a poet & songwriter in his native dialect as well as in English. His poems were published in 1787, & he received part of the money that the new edition earned for him, he made a number of tours, to the boarders & the Highlands. Later, he lived in Dumfriesshire & become an Excise Officer. Burn's literary work in the remaining years of his life consists of many outstanding songs, & the poem ' Tam o' Shanter'.

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