Selected Poems

This edition marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of Scotland's greatest poets, who died poverty-stricken and in tragic circumstances in 1774 aged 24. Acknowledged as a crucial influence on Robert Burns, Robert Fergusson was a remarkable poet in his own right.

Auld Reikie
The Author's Life
Braid Claith
Caller Oysters
Caller Water
The Daft Days
A Drink Eclogue: Landlady, Brandy And Whisky
Dumfries
An Eclogue
An Eclogue, To The Memory Of Dr William Wilke, Late Professor
The Election
Elegy On John Hogg, Late Porter To The University Of St Andrews
Elegy On The Death Of Scots Music
Elegy, On The Death Of Mr David Gregory, Late Professor Of St Andrews
Epistles Between And Andrew Gray And Robert Fergusson: To Andrew Gray
Epistles Between J.s. And Robert Fergusson: Answer To J.s.'s Epistle
The Farmer's Ingle
The Ghaists: A Kirk-yard Eclogue
Hallow-fair
Hame Content: A Satire
Job, Chapter 3, Paraphrased
The King's Birth-day In Edinburgh
The Lea [lee] Rig
Leith Races
Mutual Complaint Of Plainstanes And Causey, In Their Mother-tongue
Ode To The Bee
Ode To The Gowdspink
On Night
On Seeing A Butterfly In The Street
The Rising Of The Session
Rob. Fergusson's Last Will
The Sitting Of The Session
To My Auld Breeks
To The Principal And Professors Of The University Of St Andrews .....
To The Tron-kirk Bell
Epistles Between Andrew Gray And Robert Fergusson: To R. Fergusson
Odes I, 11
Epistles Between J.s. And Robert Fergusson: To Robert Fergusson
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®