Ten years before his death, this author wrote a dramatic monologue concerning an alms box pilferer entitled "Holy Willie's Prayer." His brother Gilbert is partly responsible f
Ten years before his death, this author wrote a dramatic monologue concerning an alms box pilferer entitled "Holy Willie's Prayer." His brother Gilbert is partly responsible for the fantastic stories surrounding the circumstances under which his poems, such as "The Cotter's Saturday Night" and "Comin thro' the Rye," were written. He attributed much of his style to his study of Allan Ramsay and Robert Fergusson, although one critic hailed him as a "heavenly-taught ploughman." The author from whose work John Steinbeck named his novel Of Mice and Men \--for 10 points-- name this poet of "Auld Land Syne" and "A Red Red Rose."
Ten years before his death, this author wrote a dramatic monologue concerning an alms box pilferer entitled "Holy Willie's Prayer.
Robert {Burns}