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Description: | Four pages made up of four separately dated sections following on from each other which Burns wrote to Cunningham from 13th to 16th February. The basic purpose was to thank him for three letters written to Burns on December 17th & 19th and January 28th. (letter no 392)
He goes on to debate the question of immortality seeking ways to get assurance on the hereafter and quotes three lines from Blake's 'The Grave' who seeks the same answer.
Burns tries to continue the letter on Sunday but runs out of time again writing; 'God help me! I am now obliged to join -'..Night to day, & Sunday to the week..'' He carries on with some obscure references of a religious nature which fizzle out. The following day he continues by admitting he had reached a 'knotty point' which he was glad not to have to develop. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1790-01-01 - 1790-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Letter of Robert Burns to Alexander Cunn | Go to resource |
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