Selected PoemsBirlinn, 2000 - 214 pages 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. |
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A Note on the Text | 37 |
The Poems | 47 |
Elegy on the Death of Scots Music | 54 |
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