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Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, was born on January 25, 1759 in Scotland. His father, William Burns, was a
poor farmer. There were seven children in the family, and
Robert was the eldest. His father knew the value of a good education, and he tried to give his children the best education he
could afford. Robert was sent to school at the age of six, but as
his father could not pay for the two sons, Robert and his brother Gilbert attended school in turn. When not at school, theboys helped their father with his work in the fields. But soon
the teacher left, and so Burns's father invited a young school
teacher to teach the boys. When the teacher left, the poet's
father taught the children himself. Reading and writing, arithmetic, English grammar, history, literature, French and Latin
that was Robert Burns's education.
Robert's mother knew many Scottish songs and ballads and
often sang them to her son in his childhood. His mother's
friend Betty told Robert many fantastic tales about devils,
fairies and witches. Burns's mother died in 1820. She lived
long and enjoyed the fame of her poet son.
Robert Burns became fond of reading. He read whatever
peare, Smolett, Robert Fergusson, a talented Scottish poet
he could lay his hands on. His favourite writers were Shakes-
(1750-1774). Fergusson's tragic fate deeply touched Burng.
Burns devoted many verses to Fergusson.
Robert Burns began to write poetry when he was fifteen.
He composed verses to the melodies of old folk-songs, which
he had admired from his early childhood. He sang of the woods,
fields and wonderful valleys of his native land. Burns pub-
lished some of his poems in 1786. Their success was complete.
And Robert Burns became well known and popular.
When Burns came to Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, a
new. and enlarged edition of his poems was published. But soon
Edinburgh society grew tired of him and forgot about the poet.
Robert Burns left Edinburgh and returned to his native
village with money enough to buy a farm and marry Jean Armour. Burns devoted to Jean many beautiful poems,
*I love my Jean», «Bonnie Jean, and many others.
Robert Burns's poems were very popular, he always remained poor. He worked hard and destroyed his health. He died
in poverty at the age of thirty-seven in 1796.
The poetry and songs of Robert Burns are famous all over
the world.
Robert Burns's poems and verses inspired Beethoven,
Schumann, Mendelssohn and other composers who wrote music to them.