July 21, 1796 (, hare on June 17), the death of the Scottish poet Robert Burns.




Robert Burns (Robert Burns, 1759 -1796 years, 21 days) Scottish poet.
he grew familiar with the Scottish folk and ancient legends, and had to collect, collate folk songs, mainly with Scots writing made poetry by folk songs affect, popular smooth, easy to sing, in the folkloric, Scotland's national poet. poems

"free tree" praise the French Revolution; "Scots" praise the aggression against British national hero, called upon the people to fight for freedom; "friendship forever" (Auld Lang Syne) ; "the the Yang Du kuai Chung" (Address To a Haggis).
famous lyric blossoming red rose "the" plateau Mary "," past time ".

Review: friendship forever a lot of people are familiar with.