Works with a theme of future (31)
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A Poet's Welcome To His Love Begotten Daughter
“Thou's welcome, wean; mishanter fa' me, ...”
A poem written in 1784 and performed by John Gordon Sinclair
Address to Edinburgh
“Edina! Scotia's darling seat! ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Juliet Cadzow
Annotations in Verse
“Wisdom and Science - honor'd Powers! ...”
A poem written in 1793 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
Elegy On The Death of Sir James Hunter Blair
“The lamp of day, with-ill presaging glare ...”
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Siobhan Redmond
Epistle To A Young Friend
“I Lang hae thought, my youthfu' friend ...”
An epistle written in 1786 and performed by Ralph Riach
Epistle from a Taylor to Robert Burns
“What waefu' news is this I hear ...”
An epistle written in 1786 and performed by Paul Higgins
Here's a bottle and an honest friend
“Here's, a bottle and an honest friend! ...”
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Alex Norton
Highland Lassie O
“Nae gentle dames tho' ne'er sae fair ...”
A song written in 1786 and performed by Gary Lewis
Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose?
“Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose? ...”
A song written in 1790 and performed by Simon Tait
Nature's Law
“Let other heroes boast their scars ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Paul Young
O poortith cauld and restless love
“O Poortith cauld and restless love ...”
O, for ane and twenty Tam
“An O, for ane and twenty Tam! ...”
A song written in 1792 and performed by Juliet Cadzow
Ode [For General Washington's Birthday]
“No Spartan tube, no Attic shell ...”
A poem written in 1794 and performed by Liz Lochhead
Ode to the departed Regency bill 1789
“Daughter of Chaos' doting years ...”
A poem written in 1789 and performed by Liz Lochhead
On the Birth of a Posthumous Child, born in peculiar circumstances of Family-Distress
“Sweet flow'ret, pledge o' meikle love, ...”
A poem written in 1790 and performed by Liam Brennan
Poem addressed to Mr Mitchell, Collector of Excise, Dumfries
“Friend o' the Poet, tried and leal ...”
A poem written in 1795 and performed by Cal Macaninch
Prologue Spoken At The Theatre Of Dumfries
“No song nor dance I bring from yon great city ...”
A poem written in 1789 and performed by Hannah Gordon
Rantin' Rovin' Robin
“There was a lad was born in Kyle ...”
A song written in 1787 and performed by Alan Cumming
Sketch New Year's Day. To Mrs Dunlop
“This day, Time winds th' exhausted chain ...”
A poem written in 1789 and performed by Stella Gonet
The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer
“Ye Irish lords, ye knights an' squires ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Alex Norton
The Highland Balou
“Hee-balou, my sweet, wee Donald, ...”
A song written in 1794 and performed by Elaine C Smith
Though fickle fortune has deceived me
“Though fickle fortune has deceived me ...”
A poem written in 1771-9 and performed by Crawford Logan
To A Mountain Daisy
“Wee, modest crimson-tipped flow'r ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Maureen Beattie
To Miss Cruickshank, a very young Lady
“Beauteous rose-bud, young and gay ...”
A poem written in 1789 and performed by Cal Macaninch
To Robert Graham Esq of Fintry Esq with a Request for an Excise Division
“When Nature her great Masterpiece designed ...”
To a Mouse
“Wee sleekit cow'rintim'rous beastie ...”
To a Young Lady, Miss Jessy Lewars
“Thine be the volumes, Jessy fair ...”
A poem written in 1796 and performed by Cal Macaninch
Written In Friars' Carse Hermitage
“Thou whom chance may hither lead ...”
A poem written in 1788 and performed by Liz Lochhead






















