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Description: | This poem takes the form of a verse epistle, a letter in rhyme, wishing Dr Blacklock well. Burns explains the failed delivery of his previous letter to Dr Blacklock and gives him news of his move to Ellisland farm and the increased responsibilities to his family. (poem No 273) (letter no 365B)
Dr Blacklock promoted acceptance Burns's work in Edinburgh and discouraged him from emigrating to Jamaica. Becoming firm friends they exchanged poems and songs while he lived although Burns at one point later on describes his songs as 'very silly'.
In this last page Burns reflects on his necessity to look after wife and children even to the extent of making sweeping brooms if need be. He goes off at a tangent thinking it is an unfair world but he could always try harder and ends his 'silly rhyme' with compliments to Dr. Blacklocks family. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1789-01-01 - 1789-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Poem by Robert Burns - Epistle to the Re | Go to resource |
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