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Description: | In this poem Mary be woes her position in prison and lets her mind drift to past spring seasons and the joys of the countryside. She had hitherto been happy as the Queen of France but now she was imprisoned by her cousin Elizabeth I of England. She hopes that her own infant son (later James VI & I) will fare better than she and yearns to die before another spring begins.
Robert Burns intended visiting Mrs Dunlop at her home in Ayrshire on 17th June 1790, and while writing to inform her, he also included this ballad. He had written it only that day and his letter commented 'You know and with me pity the amiable but unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots; to you and your young ladies I particularly dedicate the following stanzas....' (Letter No 399)
In this last page Mary Queen of Scots hopes that her son is protected from his mother's foes and that if he does come across any of her friends he will acknowledge them on her behalf. Finally Mary longs for a speedy end to her situation; her loss of seeing the dawn, of feeling the wind and fields, she looks forward to the peace of the grave before another spring in her awful confinement. | 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: | Poem by Robert Burns: 'Lament of Mary Qu | Go to resource |
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