Burns was born at Alloway, near Ayr, January 25, 1759. "The simple Bard, rough at the rustic plough, He died at Dum Hailing the setting sun, sweet, in the green thorn bush; From "The Brigs of Ayr." Sir Walter Scott wrote. "I never saw such another eye in a human head as the eye of Burns, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time." THE POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS THE POET OF RELIGION, AND LOVE EDITED BY JAMES L. HUGHES AUTHOR OF "DICKENS AS AN EDUCATOR," "FROEBEL'S ON WAR CLOUDS,' "BONGS OF GLADNESS AND " HODDER & STOUGHTON |