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Robert Fergusson

Born

in Edinburgh, Scotland

September 05, 1750

Died

October 16, 1774

Genre

Poetry In Scots

Influences

Virgil, William Wilkie, Allan Ramsay, William Drummond of Hawthornden, ...more

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Robert Fergusson was a Scottish poet. After formal education at the University of St. Andrews, Fergusson led a bohemian life in Edinburgh, the city of his birth, then at the height of intellectual and cultural ferment as part of the Scottish enlightenment. Many of his poems were printed from 1771 onwards in Walter Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine, and a collected works was first published early in 1773. Despite a short life, his career was highly influential, especially through its impact on Robert Burns. He wrote both in Scottish English and the Scots language, and it is his vivid and masterly writing in the latter leid for which he is principally acclaimed. ...more

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	Robert Fergusson: Selected Poems by Robert Fergusson, James Robertson (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scots Poems by Robert Fergusson, Alexander Law (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1947 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poems of Robert Fergusson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1815 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poetical Works; embellished with three elegant engravings by Robert Fergusson, David Irving (Contributor) did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1800	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson, with the Life of the Author by Robert Fergusson, David Irving did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1800 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fergusson: A Bi-Centenary Handsel: Seventeen Poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1974	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of Robert Fergusson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1851 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetical Works of Robert Ferguson, with his Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson, with Biographical Introduction, Notes and Glossary, Etc. by Robert Fergusson, Robert Ford (Introduction) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1905 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of Robert Fergusson, to which is prefixed A Sketch of the Author's Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Robert Fergusson (?)

“Auld Reekie's sons blyth faces wear,
September's merry month is near,
That brings in Neptune's caller chere,
New oysters fresh;
The halesomest and nicest gear
Of fish or flesh.

Whan big as burns the gutters rin,
Gin ye hae catcht a drookit skin,
To Luckie Middlemist's loup in,
And sit fair snug
O'er oysters and a dram o' gin,
Or haddock lug.”
― Robert Fergusson, Poems of Fergusson

tags: edinburgh, oysters, scots-language, september

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“Ye wha are fain to hae your name
Wrote in the bonny book o fame,
Let merit nae pretension claim
To laurel'd wreath,
But hap ye weel, baith back and wame,
In guid Braid Claith.”
― Robert Fergusson, Poems of Fergusson

tags: broad-cloth, dress, finery, scots-language, status

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“Auld Reekie, Wale o' ilka Town,
That Scotland kens beneath the Moon,
Where couthy Chiels at E'ening meet
Their bizzing craigs and mous to weet;
And blythly gar auld Care gae bye
Wi' blinkit and wi' bleering Eye:”
― Robert Fergusson, Poems of Fergusson

tags: edinburgh, scots-language

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