life of robert burns

acquaintance admiration Allan Cunningham Allan Ramsay appears auld Ayrshire ballad bard beautiful Blair bonny brother Burns's character circumstances conversation Correspondence Cromek Currie Dalswinton dear death delight doubt Dugald Stewart Dumfries Dunlop Edinburgh edition Elliesland Excise exertion expressed fancy farm farmer father favour favourite feelings fortune Gavin Hamilton genius Gilbert Gordon Castle happy heart Heron honour hope humble imagination Jean Jenny Geddes kind Kirkoswald labour lady language letter lived look manners Mauchline melancholy ment mind Mossgiel never Nithsdale noble occasion once passion perhaps person pleasure poems poet poet's poetical poetry political pride Professor Walker Ramsay Reliques remarkable residence Robert Burns rustic says scenes Scotch Scotland Scottish sentiment Shanter Sir Walter Scott society song soul spirit Stewart talents Tarbolton taste Thomson thought tion verses visited wife William Burnes wish writing young