Works with a theme of religion (69)
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A Ballad [While prose work and rhymes]
“While prose-work and rhymes ...”
A song performed by Alex Norton
A Grace After Dinner
“O thou, in whom we live and move ...”
An epigram written in 1789 and performed by Vivien Heilbron
A Grace Before Dinner
“O thou who kindly dost provide ...”
An epigram written in 1789 and performed by Vivien Heilbron
A Prayer in the Prospect of Death
“O Thou unknown, Almighty Cause ...”
A Prayer, Under the Pressure of violent Anguish
“O Thou Great Being! What Thou art ...”
A poem written in 1781 and performed by Shirley Henderson
A Winter Night
“When biting Boreas, fell and dour ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Phyllis Logan
A dedication to Gavin Hamilton Esq
“Expect na, sir, in this narration ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Gerry Mulgrew
A new Psalm for the chapel of Kilmarnock
“O, Sing a new song to the Lord, ...”
A poem written in 1789 and performed by Laura Fraser
Address To The Unco Guid
“O ye wha are sae guid yoursel' ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Phyllis Logan
Address to the Deil
“O Thou! Whatever title suit thee! ...”
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Liam Brennan
At Roslin Inn
“My blessings on ye, honest wife ...”
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Billy Boyd
Burns Grace at Kirkcudbright
“Some have meat and cannot eat ...”
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Annette Crosbie
Contented wi little
“Contented wi' little, and cantie wi' mair ...”
A song written in 1794 and performed by John Shedden
Divine Service In The Kirk Of Lamington
“As cauld a wind as ever blew, ...”
An epigram written in 1791 and performed by Ian McDiarmid
Elegy on the year 1788
“For lords or kings I dinna mourn ...”
A poem written in 1789 and performed by Kate Dickie
Epigram Addressed To An Artist
“Dear Sir, I'll gie ye some advice ...”
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Crawford Logan
Epigram On Rough Roads
“I'm now arrived -- thanks to the gods ...”
An epigram written in 1786 and performed by Phyllis Logan
Epistle To John Goldie, In Kilmarnock
“O Gowdie , terror o' the whigs ...”
A poem performed by Bill Paterson
Epistle To The Rev. John M'math
“While at the stook the shearers cow'r ...”
An epistle written in 1785 and performed by John Sessions
Epitaph for J H Writer in Ayr
“Here lies a Scots mile of a chiel ...”
An epitaph written in 1788 and performed by Laura Fraser
Epitaph on John Dove, Innkeeper
“Here lies Johnny Pidgeon, ...”
An epitaph written in 1785 and performed by Daniela Nardini
Extempore reply to an invitation
“Sir, Yours this moment I unseal ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Tam Dean Burn
Extempore to Mr Gavin Hamilton
“To you, sir, this summons I've sent ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Tam Dean Burn
Fragment [Now health forsakes that angel face]
“Now health forsakes that angel face ...”
A poem performed by Stuart McQuarrie
Grace after Meat
“O Thou in whom we live and move ...”
A poem written in 1789 and performed by Shirley Henderson
Halloween
“Upon that night, when fairies light ...”
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Ralph Riach
Holy Willie's Prayer
“O Thou, who in the heavens does dwell ...”
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Richard Wilson
I'll Tell You a Tale of a Wife
“I'll tell you a tale of a wife ...”
A song written in 1789 and performed by Dawn Steele
Lines written in the kirk of Lamington
“As cauld a wind as ever blew ...”
A poem written in 1789 and performed by Kate Dickie
Lines written on windows of the Globe Tavern, Dumfries
“The greybeard, old wisdom, may boast of his treasures, ...”
A poem written in 1796 and performed by Kate Dickie
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
No Churchman am I
“No churchman am I for to rail and to write ...”
A song written in 1782 and performed by Phil McKee
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 Andrew Turner
“In Se'enteen Hunder 'n Forty-Nine ...”
An epitaph written in 1795 and performed by Eddi Reader
On James. Grieve, Laird of Boghead, Tarbolton
“Here lies Boghead amang the dead ...”
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Eddi Reader
On Scaring Some Water Fowl In Loch Turit
“Why, ye tenants of the lake ...”
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Phyllis Logan
On being asked why God had made Miss D so little and Mrs A so big
“Ask why God made the gem so small ...”
A poem written in 1793 and performed by Phyllida Law
Paraphrase Of The First Psalm
“The man, in life wherever plac'd ...”
A poem written in 1781 and performed by Phyllis Logan
Poem on Life
“My honored colonel, deep I feel ...”
An epistle written in 1796 and performed by Jonathan Watson
Prayer - O Thou Dread Power [Lying at a Rev. Friend's house one night, the author left the following verses in the room where he slept]
“O thou dread pow'r, whop reign'st above ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Tam Dean Burn
Robert Burns' Answer [to 'Epistle from a Taylor to Robert Burns']
“What ails ye now, ye lousie bitch ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Simon Donald
Scotish Ballad
“Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang glen ...”
A song written in 1795 and performed by Eddi Reader
Sketch. Inscribed to the Right Hon. Ch. J. Fox Esq.
“How Wisdom and Folly meet, mix, and unite ...”
A poem written in 1789 and performed by Stella Gonet
Sonnet On Hearing A Thrush Sing
“Sing on, sweet thrush, upon the leafless bough ...”
A poem written in 1788 and performed by Crawford Logan
Tam o' Shanter
“When chapman billies leave the street ...”
The Cotter's Saturday Night
“My lov'd, my honour'd, much respected friend ...”
An epigram performed by Tom Fleming
The Heron Ballads : The Election : A New Song
“Fy, let us a' to Kirkcudbright, ...”
A song written in 1795 and performed by Derek Riddell
The Jolly Beggars : See the Smoking Bowl Before us
“See the smoking bowl before us ...”
A song written in 1785 and performed by John Shedden
The Jolly Beggars : Sir Wisdom's a fool when he's fou
“Sir Wisdom's a fool when he's fou ...”
A song written in 1785 and performed by Tam Dean Burn
The Kirk of Scotland's Garland
“Orthodox, orthodox, who believe in John Knox ...”
A poem written in 1789 and performed by Kate Dickie
The Ninetieth Psalm
“O Thou, the first, the greatest friend ...”
A poem written in 1782 and performed by Crawford Logan
The Ordination
“Kilmarnock Wabsters, fidge an' claw ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Derek Riddell
The Solemn League and Covenant
“The Solemn League and Covenant ...”
The Twa Herds
“O a' ye pious godly flocks ...”
A poem written in 1784 and performed by Maureen Beattie
To Dr John MacKenzie
“Friday first's the day appointed ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by John Shedden
To John Kennedy
“Farewel, dear Friend! May Guid luck hit you ...”
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by John Shedden
To Miss Graham of Fintry
“Here, where the Scotish Muse immortal lives ...”
A poem written in 1794 and performed by Stella Gonet
To Mr Gavin Hamilton. Mauchline
“I hold it, sir, my bounten duty ...”
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Tam Dean Burn
To Renton of Lamerton
“Your billet, sir, I grant receipt ...”
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Gerry Mulgrew
To Terraughty, on his birthday
“It is na, Jean, thy bonie face ...”
A song written in 1791 and performed by Dougray Scott
To William Stewart
“In honest Bacon's ingle-neuk ...”
A poem written in 1789 and performed by Dougray Scott
Winter A Dirge
“The wintry west extends his blast ...”
A poem written in 1781 and performed by Ian McDiarmid
Written In Friars' Carse Hermitage
“Thou whom chance may hither lead ...”
A poem written in 1788 and performed by Liz Lochhead