Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 1796) was a famouspoet born inAlloway,Ayrshire,Scotland.[1] Some of his most famous poems includeTo A Mouse,Auld Lang Syne, andTam o Shanter. Burns is seen as the national poet of Scotland. Much of his work is written in broadScots, a sister language toEnglish. His poem and songA Man's A Man For A' That was sung at the opening of the ScottishParliament in 1999. "To A Louse, On Seeing One on a Lady's Bonnet at Church" is a 1786 Scots poem by Robert Burns.
Burns died at 37, and isburied in the graveyard of St Michael's Church,Dumfries,Scotland.
