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The Brigs of Ayr

Key details

Archive number
NTS/02/25/BRN/02/53
Alt. number
3.6193
On display
No
Creator
Burns, Robert (Author)
Recipient
Ballantine, John

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Description

The Brigs of Ayr.

Begins "The Simple Bard, rough at the rustic plough". 8 pages bound in volume, bound in Morocco by Riviere.

This poem was inscribed to John Ballantine, a merchant banker of Ayr; later Provost of the town in 1787. This poem celebrates the building of the new bridge, completed in 1788.

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  1. Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs ( )
  2. The Brigs of Ayr

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