Burns's epitaphs (41)
Elegy On The Death Of Robert Ruisseaux
“Now Robin lies in his last lair ...”
An epitaph performed by Tom Fleming
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
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 J H Writer in Ayr
“Here lies a Scots mile of a chiel ...”
An epitaph written in 1788 and performed by Laura Fraser
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 Dove, Innkeeper
“Here lies Johnny Pidgeon, ...”
An epitaph written in 1785 and performed by Daniela Nardini
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
Man Was Made To Mourn
“When chill November's surly blast ...”
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Bill Paterson
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 Andrew Turner
“In Se'enteen Hunder 'n Forty-Nine ...”
An epitaph written in 1795 and performed by Eddi Reader
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 James. Grieve, Laird of Boghead, Tarbolton
“Here lies Boghead amang the dead ...”
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Eddi Reader
On Wee Johnie
“Whoe'er thou art, O reader, know ...”
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by Blythe Duff
On a Schoolmaster in Cleish Parish, Fifeshire
“Here lies Willie Michie's banes ...”
An epitaph written in 1787 and performed by Joyce Falconer
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 death of Echo, a Lap-dog
“In wood and wild, ye warbling throng ...”
An epitaph written in 1793 and performed by David Hayman
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
The Humble Petition Of Bruar Water
“My lord, I know your noble ear ...”
An epitaph written in 1787 and performed by Bill Paterson
To John Kennedy
“Farewel, dear Friend! May Guid luck hit you ...”
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by John Shedden
