03414nam a22004213i 4500 22061492 20250607105740.8 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 210525s1796 xx |||||o|||||||| ||sco 22061492 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-988 2021667627 (WDL)03431 DLC eng DLC sco 821 Rear High thy Bleak Majestic Hills. [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1796. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 1 leaf ; 29 x 23.5 centimeters and 1 engraving. Robert Burns (1759-96) is best known for his poems and songs that reflect Scotland's cultural heritage. He was born in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland, the first of seven children belonging to William Burnes, a tenant farmer, and his wife Agnes Broun. Burns had little formal education, but he read English literature and absorbed the traditional, largely oral Scots-language folk songs and tales of his rural environment. He began to compose songs in 1774, and published his first book, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, in 1786. The work was a critical success, and its poems in both Scots and English, on a range of topics, established Burns's broad appeal. While building his literary reputation, Burns worked as a farmer, and in 1788 he was appointed an excise officer in Ellisland. He spent the final 12 years of his life collecting and editing traditional Scottish folk songs for collections including The Scots Musical Museum and A Select Collection of Original Scotish [sic] Airs for the Voice. Burns contributed hundreds of Scottish songs to these anthologies, sometimes rewriting traditional lyrics and setting them to new or revised music. This poem was written by William Roscoe, "dedicated to the memory of the poet Robert Burns." It was originally published without a title in 1800 in Dr. James Currie's The Works of Robert Burns. The manuscript is accompanied by an engraved portrait of the historian, dated 1813. Roscoe lead a professional life as an attorney in Liverpool, while delving into literature and art, collecting works as well as writing biographies. He took Robert Burns and his works in high regard, later corresponding with Currie regarding the publication of his manuscripts. His suggestions were accepted by Currie, and fully incorporated into the biography. Original resource at: University of South Carolina. Content in Scots. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1750 to 1796 Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 Dialect Poetry, Scottish Portrait prints Roscoe, William, 1753-1831 Roscoe, William, 1753-1831 Author. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Robert Burns Collection gdcwdl wdl_03431 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.3431 wdl/wdlpartner/wdlsocar s-Online Electronic Resource