|
Date: |
|
Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96) Scotland's National Poet was born in a small thatched cottage in Alloway, Ayrshire, the son of a market gardener who feued 7 acres locally. During a short period he composed a wealth of songs and poems. He died in Dumfries of heart disease aged only 37 years.
This glass panel can be viewed in the museum of his birthplace in Alloway. There is mention of this inscription on glass in Burns' journal of his Highland travels in the museum (BMT191).
In 1787 Burns with a companion toured the Highlands of Scotland and en route visited Falkirk where he inscribed a glass window of the Cross Keys Inn with 4 lines beginning-'Sound be his sleep and blithe his morn'; dated 25th. Aug.1787. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1787-01-01 - 1787-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Poem on Glass, inscribed by Burns, from | Go to resource |
|
|