Works with a theme of death (94)
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A Bard's Epitaph
“Is there a whim-inspired fool ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by John Gordon Sinclair
A Fragment [Ballad on the American War]
“When Guilford good our Pilot stood ...”
A song written in 1784 and performed by Alex Norton
A Prayer in the Prospect of Death
“O Thou unknown, Almighty Cause ...”
A Verse composed and repeated by Burns
“When death's dark stream I ferry o'er, ...”
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Daniela Nardini
Adam Armour's Prayer
“Gude pity me, because I'm little ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Gerry Carruthers
Address to the Deil
“O Thou! Whatever title suit thee! ...”
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Liam Brennan
Address, to the shade of Thomson, on crowning his bust, at Ednam, Roxburghshire, with bays
“While virgin Spring, by Eden's flood ...”
A poem written in 1791 and performed by Phyllida Law
Death and Doctor Hornbook
“Some books are lies frae end to end, ...”
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Alan Cumming
Elegy On The Death Of Robert Ruisseaux
“Now Robin lies in his last lair ...”
An epitaph performed by Tom Fleming
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
Elegy On The Late Miss Burnet Of Monboddo
“Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize, ...”
An elegy written in 1791 and performed by Alan Cumming
Elegy on Captain MH, A gentleman who held the patent for his honours immediately from almighty god
“O Death! Thy Tyrant Fell and bloody! ...”
An epitaph written in 1788 and performed by Phyllida Law
Elegy on Mr William Cruikshank A.M.
“Now honest William's gaen to Heaven ...”
Elegy on Peg Nicholson
“Peg Nicholson was a good bay mare ...”
An elegy written in 1790 and performed by Gary Lewis
Epigram On Said Occasion
“O Death, had'st thou but spar'd his life ...”
An epigram written in 1784 and performed by Richard Wilson
Epigram on Captain Francis Grose, The Celebrated Antiquary
“The devil got notice that Grose was a-dying ...”
An epigram written in 1790 and performed by Simon Tait
Epigram. Another On The Said Occasion
“One Queen Artemisia, as old stories tell, ...”
An epigram written in 1784 and performed by Richard Wilson
Epistle to James Smith
“Dear Smith, the sleest, pawkie thief ...”
An epistle written in 1786 and performed by Gerry Carruthers
Epitaph For Mr Walter Riddell
“Sic a reptile was Wat, sic a miscreant slave ...”
A poem written in 1794 and performed by Crawford Logan
Epitaph For William Nicol
“Ye maggots, feed on Nicol's brain ...”
An epitaph written in 1788 and performed by John Gordon Sinclair
Epitaph On A Henpecked Country Squire
“As father Adam first was fool'd, ...”
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Richard Wilson
Epitaph On Holy Willie
“Here Holy Willie's sair worn clay ...”
An epitaph written in 1785 and performed by John Sessions
Epitaph On Robert Muir
“What man could esteem, or what what woman could love ...”
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by John Gordon Sinclair
Epitaph On Wm. Graham, Esq of Mossknowe
“'Stop thief!' Dame nature called to Death ...”
An epitaph written in 1794 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
Epitaph for Gavin Hamilton Esq
“The poor man weeps - here Gavin sleeps ...”
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by Paul Higgins
Epitaph for Hugh Logan
“Here lyes Squire Hugh - ye harlot crew ...”
An epitaph written in and performed by Clare Grogan
Epitaph for Robert Aiken Esq;
“Know thou, O stranger to the fame ...”
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by Elaine C Smith
Epitaph for the Author's Father
“O ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains ...”
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Jonathan Watson
Epitaph on John Bushby Esq
“Here lies John Bushby-honest man ...”
A song written in 1796 and performed by Alan Cumming
Epitaph on Mr Burton
“Here, cursing swearing Burton lies ...”
An epitaph written in 1794 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
Epitaph on Tam the Chapman
“As Tam the chapman on a day ...”
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Elaine C Smith
Epitaph on Wee Johnie
“Whoe'er thou art, O reader, know, ...”
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by Elaine C Smith
Epitaph on a Celebrated Ruling Elder
“Here Sowter Hood in Death does sleep ...”
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Paul Higgins
Epitaph on a Noisy Polemic
“Below thir stanes lie Jamie's banes ...”
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Jonathan Watson
Epitaph on a Wag in Mauchline
“Lament 'im, Mauchline husbands a' ...”
An epitaph written in 1785 and performed by Blythe Duff
Epitaph on my own friend, and my father's friend, William Muir in Tarbolton
“An honest man here lies at rest ...”
An epitaph performed by Gerda Stevenson
Epitaph. Here lies Robert Fergusson, Poet
“No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, ...”
An epitaph written in 1787 and performed by Barbara Rafferty
Extempore - on some commemorations of Thomson
“Dost thou not rise, indignant shade ...”
A poem written in 1791 and performed by Phyllida Law
Fragment [Now health forsakes that angel face]
“Now health forsakes that angel face ...”
A poem performed by Stuart McQuarrie
Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear
“Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear ...”
A poem written in 1796 and performed by Cal Macaninch
Highland Mary
“Ye banks, and braes, and streams around ...”
A song written in 1792 and performed by David Rintoul
Hughie Graham
“Our lords are to the mountains gane ...”
A song written in 1792 and performed by Gary Lewis
In the character of a ruined Farmer
“The sun he is sunk in the west ...”
A song written in 1771-9 and performed by Gerry Carruthers
John Anderson My Jo
“John Anderson, my jo, John ...”
A song written in 1789 and performed by Eileen McCallum
Killiecrankie
“Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad! ...”
A song written in 1790 and performed by Alison Peebles
Lament Of Mary, Queen Of Scots, On The Approach Of Spring
“Now Nature hangs her mantle green ...”
A poem written in 1791 and performed by Phyllis Logan
Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn
“The wind blew hollow frae the hills ...”
A poem written in 1791 and performed by John Cairney
Lines Addressed to Mr John Ranken
“Ae day, as Death, that grusome carl ...”
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Blythe Duff
Lines, wrote by Burns, while on his deathbed
“He who of Ranken sang, lies stiff and dead ...”
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Douglas Henshall
Lord Ronald My Son
“O where hae ye been, Lord Ronald, my son? ...”
A poem performed by Annette Crosbie
Man Was Made To Mourn
“When chill November's surly blast ...”
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Bill Paterson
McPherson's Farewell
“Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong ...”
A song written in 1788 and performed by Paul Young
Merry Hae I Been Teethin A Heckle
“O Merry hae I been teethin' a heckle ...”
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Ralph Riach
Monody on Maria
“How cold is that bosom which folly once fired ...”
A poem written in 1794 and performed by Stella Gonet
Ode, sacred to the memory of Mrs Oswald of Auchencruive
“Dweller in yon dungeon dark ...”
A poem written in 1788 and performed by Phyllida Law
On An Innkeeper In Tarbolton
“Here lies a mock Marquis, whose titles were shamm'd ...”
An epitaph written in 1795 and performed by Crawford Logan
On An Innkeeper Nicknamed The Marquis
“Here lies a mock Marquis, whose titles were shamm'd ...”
An epitaph written in 1785 and performed by Alan Cumming
On Captain Lascelles
“When Lascelles thought fit from this world to depart ...”
A poem written in 1794 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
On Captain William Roddirk of Corbiston
“Light lay the earth on Billy's breast ...”
An epitaph written in 1794 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
On Fergusson B
“Ill-fated genius! Heaven-taught Fergusson ...”
A poem written in 1787 and performed by John Shedden
On Gabriel Richardson
“Here brewer Gabriel's fire's extinct ...”
A poem written in 1795 and performed by Stella Gonet
On John Morine, laird of Laggan
“When Morine, deceased, to the Devil went down ...”
An epigram written in 1793 and performed by Liz Lochhead
On Maxwell of Cardoness
“Bless Jesus Christ, O Cardoness ...”
An epigram written in 1794 and performed by Liz Lochhead
On Robert Riddel
“To Riddel, much-lamented man ...”
A poem written in 1794 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
On Wee Johnie
“Whoe'er thou art, O reader, know ...”
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by Blythe Duff
On a Suicide One
“Here lies in earth a root of Hell ...”
An epitaph written in 1795 and performed by Alan Cumming
On a Suicide Two
“Earth'd up, here lies an imp o' hell, ...”
An epitaph written in 1795 and performed by Alan Cumming
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
On the death of Echo, a Lap-dog
“In wood and wild, ye warbling throng ...”
An epitaph written in 1793 and performed by David Hayman
On the death of the late Lord President Dundas
“Lone on the bleaky hills, the straying flocks ...”
An elegy written in 1787 and performed by Kate Dickie
Orananaoig, or The Song of Death
“Farewell, thou fair day; thou green earth; and ye skies, ...”
A song written in 1791 and performed by John Cairney
Poem on Life
“My honored colonel, deep I feel ...”
An epistle written in 1796 and performed by Jonathan Watson
Poor Mailie's Elegy
“Lament in rhyme, lament in prose ...”
An elegy written in 1783 and performed by Elaine C Smith
Robert Bruce's March to Bannockburn
“Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, ...”
A song written in 1793 and performed by Liam Brennan
Sonnet, on the death of Robert Riddel, Esq. of Glen Riddel, April 1974
“No more, ye warblers of the wood, no more ...”
An epitaph performed by Phyllida Law
Tam Samson's Elegy
“Has auld Kilmarnock seen the Deil? ...”
An elegy written in 1786 and performed by Eileen McCallum
The Auld Man's mare's dead
“She was cut-luggit, painch-lippit, ...”
A song written in 1795 and performed by Liam Brennan
The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie, The Author's Only Pet Yowe, An Unco Mournfu' Tale
“As Mailie, an' her lambs thegither ...”
A poem written in 1783 and performed by Blythe Duff
The Highland Widow's Lament
“Oh, I am come to the low Countrie ...”
A song written in 1794 and performed by Annette Crosbie
The Jolly Beggars : I am a son of Mars
“I am a Son of Mars who have been in many wars ...”
A song written in 1785 and performed by Douglas Henshall
The Lovely Lass o' Inverness
“The luvely Lass o' Inverness ...”
A song written in 1794 and performed by David Hayman
There'll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame
“By yon Castle wa', at the close of the day, ...”
A poem written in 1791 and performed by John Cairney
Thou Hast Left Me Ever Jamie
“Thou hast left me ever, Jamie ...”
A song written in 1793 and performed by Phyllis Logan
To Alexander Cunningham
“My godlike Friend - nay do not stare ...”
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Billy Boyd
To Chloris
“'Tis Friendship's pledge, my young, fair Friend ...”
To John Kennedy
“Farewel, dear Friend! May Guid luck hit you ...”
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by John Shedden
To Mary in Heaven
“Thou lingering star with lessening ray ...”
A song written in 1795 and performed by Dougray Scott
To the Memory of the Unfortunate Miss Burns
“Like to a fading flower in May, ...”
A poem written in 1791 and performed by Karen Dunbar
