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Description: | Cragieburn-wood was written by Burns to assist a fellow exciseman John Gillespie in his amorous pursuit of a Miss Jean Lorimer who at the time in 1791 was the daughter of a farming neighbour at Ellisland.
Burns copied this version of the poem to pages 48 & 49 of a collection of his then unpublished works known as the Afton Lodge MS. This book of poems was given by Burns to Catherine Stewart, a devotee of his works and wife of Alexander Stewart of Stair.
The first verse set at the Cragieburn birthplace of Jean Lorimer introduces a scene of pastoral tranquility but nervous tension and Burns follows the theme of uncertainty in his suitors quest to declare his feelings and the dire consequences of rejection by the 'sweet and bonie' Jean. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1791-01-01 - 1791-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Poem by Robert Burns: 'Cragieburn-wood - | Go to resource |
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