Works written in 1786
Most Burns works can be attributed to a specific year.
The Author’s Earnest Cry and Prayer
A poem by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
The Night was still
A poem by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
Verses intended to be written below a noble Earl’s picture
A poem by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
On a Scotch Bard Gone to the West Indies
A poem by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
On Wee Johnie
An epitaph by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
Lines on Meeting with Lord Daer
A poem by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
Farewell to the Banks of Ayr
A song by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
The Farewell. To the Brethren of St James's Lodge, Tarbolton
A song by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
A Fragment
A song by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
Epistle to Captain William Logan at Park
A poem by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
Lines To An Old Sweetheart
A poem by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
On the death of Echo, a Lap-dog
An epitaph by Robert Burns, written in 1793.
The Lament. Occasioned by the Unfortunate Issue of a Friend's Amour
A poem by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
The Ordination
A poem by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
To Ruin
A poem by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
Tam Samson’s Elegy
An elegy by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
Epitaph for Robert Aiken Esq;
An epitaph by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
Highland Lassie O
A song by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
Letter to James Tennant, Glenconner
An epistle by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
On Miss Wilhelmina Alexander
A song by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
The Sons of Old Killie
A song by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
Adam Armour's Prayer
A poem by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
Composed in Spring
A song by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
Epistle to James Smith
An epistle by Robert Burns, written in 1786.
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