Robert Burns (1759–1796) was a Scottish poet and songwriter, the national poet of Scotland, who wrote in both Scots and English. His work includes “Auld Lang Syne,” sung around the world at New Year, the love song “A Red, Red Rose,” “To a Mouse,” “Tam o’ Shanter,” “Address to a Haggis,” and “A Man’s a Man for A’ That,” along with sharp satires such as “Holy Willie’s Prayer” and hundreds of songs written for old Scottish tunes.
Read a fuller life sketch on our About Robert Burns page. This Poetry Catalog archive gathers 50 poems by Burns now live on the site—listed alphabetically below, with links to each full text. The texts follow the public domain Project Gutenberg edition of Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, and new poems are added to this list as they are published.
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Robert Burns Poems
- Address to a Haggis
- Address to the Deil
- Address to the Unco Guid
- Ae Fond Kiss
- The Auld Farmer's New-Year Morning Salutation to His Auld Mare, Maggie
- Auld Lang Syne
- A Bard's Epitaph
- Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes
- The Cotter's Saturday Night
- Death and Doctor Hornbook
- The Deil's Awa wi' the Exciseman
- Despondency: An Ode
- Duncan Gray
- Epistle to a Young Friend
- Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet
- Epistle to J. Lapraik, an Old Scottish Bard
- Green Grow the Rashes, O
- Halloween
- Highland Mary
- The Holy Fair
- Holy Willie's Prayer
- John Anderson, My Jo
- John Barleycorn
- The Jolly Beggars
- Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn
- Man Was Made to Mourn: A Dirge
- A Man's a Man for A' That
- Mary Morison
- My Heart's in the Highlands
- My Love, She's but a Lassie Yet
- O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast
- Of A' the Airts
- A Red, Red Rose
- The Rigs o' Barley
- Saw Ye Bonie Lesley
- Scotch Drink
- Scots Wha Hae
- Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
- Sweet Afton
- Tam Glen
- Tam o' Shanter
- To a Louse
- To a Mountain Daisy
- To a Mouse
- The Twa Dogs
- The Vision
- Willie Brew'd a Peck o' Maut
- A Winter Night
- Winter: A Dirge
- Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonie Doon