The poems and songs of Robert Burns are still living <br />And though his body died more than two hundred years ago <br />His spirit and his soul will live forever <br />You will find them where the Afton Waters flow. <br /> <br />He was the pride of Scotland Robert Burns <br />The greatest of his clan and of his race <br />And along with Walter Scott he ranks as his Country's greatest <br />And in literature he commands the highest place. <br /> <br />'For Auld Lang Syne' will surely live forever <br />As Robert Burns gift to the New Year <br />When you attend a new year celebration <br />More likely than not Lang Syne you will hear. <br /> <br />His great poems To a Mouse and To a Mountain Daisy <br />His haunting ballad to his Red Red Rose <br />The great poet living in his songs and verses <br />And the legend that grew with him grows and grows. <br /> <br />You see the music in the poems of Burns <br />He was more than a peasant man of rhyme <br />He was a humanitarian and a great poet <br />The lesser bards have faded out in time. <br /> <br />He died in poverty but he is famous <br />His songs and verses known and sung World-wide <br />The fame of Burns will live on forever <br />He brought to Scotland patriotic pride. <br /> <br />From Alloway In Ayrshire Robert Burns <br />His legacy the marvellous gift of song <br />The Scottish his birthday and birthplace honour <br />But to all peoples his verses belong.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-reading-poems-and-songs-of-burns/
