Robert Burns; the Critical Heritage

admiration affection appears bard beauty Burns's called character circumstances collection composition consider criticism Currie death described dialect early Edinburgh edition English equal excellence expression Extract fancy feeling felt friends genius give given hand happy heart honour human humour imagination instance interest Introduction James John kind language less letters light lines literary living look manners means memory merit mind moral muse native nature never Night objects observation original passages passion perhaps period pieces poems poet poet's poetical poetry poor present produced published quotes readers remarkable respect Review Robert Burns Scotland Scottish seems sentiment Shepherd society sometimes songs soul spirit stanzas talents taste tenderness thing thought true truth verses volume whole Wordsworth writings written wrote