Works with a theme of death (94)
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A Bard's Epitaph
鈥淚s there a whim-inspired fool ...鈥
A poem written in 1786 and performed by John Gordon Sinclair
A Fragment [Ballad on the American War]
鈥淲hen Guilford good our Pilot stood ...鈥
A song written in 1784 and performed by Alex Norton
A Prayer in the Prospect of Death
鈥淥 Thou unknown, Almighty Cause ...鈥
A Verse composed and repeated by Burns
鈥淲hen death's dark stream I ferry o'er, ...鈥
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Daniela Nardini
Adam Armour's Prayer
鈥淕ude pity me, because I'm little ...鈥
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Gerry Carruthers
Address to the Deil
鈥淥 Thou! Whatever title suit thee! ...鈥
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Liam Brennan
Address, to the shade of Thomson, on crowning his bust, at Ednam, Roxburghshire, with bays
鈥淲hile virgin Spring, by Eden's flood ...鈥
A poem written in 1791 and performed by Phyllida Law
Death and Doctor Hornbook
鈥淪ome books are lies frae end to end, ...鈥
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Alan Cumming
Elegy On The Death Of Robert Ruisseaux
鈥淣ow Robin lies in his last lair ...鈥
An epitaph performed by Tom Fleming
Elegy On The Death of Sir James Hunter Blair
鈥淭he lamp of day, with-ill presaging glare ...鈥
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Siobhan Redmond
Elegy On The Late Miss Burnet Of Monboddo
鈥淟ife ne'er exulted in so rich a prize, ...鈥
An elegy written in 1791 and performed by Alan Cumming
Elegy on Captain MH, A gentleman who held the patent for his honours immediately from almighty god
鈥淥 Death! Thy Tyrant Fell and bloody! ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1788 and performed by Phyllida Law
Elegy on Mr William Cruikshank A.M.
鈥淣ow honest William's gaen to Heaven ...鈥
Elegy on Peg Nicholson
鈥淧eg Nicholson was a good bay mare ...鈥
An elegy written in 1790 and performed by Gary Lewis
Epigram On Said Occasion
鈥淥 Death, had'st thou but spar'd his life ...鈥
An epigram written in 1784 and performed by Richard Wilson
Epigram on Captain Francis Grose, The Celebrated Antiquary
鈥淭he devil got notice that Grose was a-dying ...鈥
An epigram written in 1790 and performed by Simon Tait
Epigram. Another On The Said Occasion
鈥淥ne Queen Artemisia, as old stories tell, ...鈥
An epigram written in 1784 and performed by Richard Wilson
Epistle to James Smith
鈥淒ear Smith, the sleest, pawkie thief ...鈥
An epistle written in 1786 and performed by Gerry Carruthers
Epitaph For Mr Walter Riddell
鈥淪ic a reptile was Wat, sic a miscreant slave ...鈥
A poem written in 1794 and performed by Crawford Logan
Epitaph For William Nicol
鈥淵e maggots, feed on Nicol's brain ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1788 and performed by John Gordon Sinclair
Epitaph On A Henpecked Country Squire
鈥淎s father Adam first was fool'd, ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Richard Wilson
Epitaph On Holy Willie
鈥淗ere Holy Willie's sair worn clay ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1785 and performed by John Sessions
Epitaph On Robert Muir
鈥淲hat man could esteem, or what what woman could love ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by John Gordon Sinclair
Epitaph On Wm. Graham, Esq of Mossknowe
鈥'Stop thief!' Dame nature called to Death ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1794 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
Epitaph for Gavin Hamilton Esq
鈥淭he poor man weeps - here Gavin sleeps ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by Paul Higgins
Epitaph for Hugh Logan
鈥淗ere lyes Squire Hugh - ye harlot crew ...鈥
An epitaph written in and performed by Clare Grogan
Epitaph for Robert Aiken Esq;
鈥淜now thou, O stranger to the fame ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by Elaine C Smith
Epitaph for the Author's Father
鈥淥 ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Jonathan Watson
Epitaph on John Bushby Esq
鈥淗ere lies John Bushby-honest man ...鈥
A song written in 1796 and performed by Alan Cumming
Epitaph on Mr Burton
鈥淗ere, cursing swearing Burton lies ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1794 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
Epitaph on Tam the Chapman
鈥淎s Tam the chapman on a day ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Elaine C Smith
Epitaph on Wee Johnie
鈥淲hoe'er thou art, O reader, know, ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by Elaine C Smith
Epitaph on a Celebrated Ruling Elder
鈥淗ere Sowter Hood in Death does sleep ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Paul Higgins
Epitaph on a Noisy Polemic
鈥淏elow thir stanes lie Jamie's banes ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Jonathan Watson
Epitaph on a Wag in Mauchline
鈥淟ament 'im, Mauchline husbands a' ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1785 and performed by Blythe Duff
Epitaph on my own friend, and my father's friend, William Muir in Tarbolton
鈥淎n honest man here lies at rest ...鈥
An epitaph performed by Gerda Stevenson
Epitaph. Here lies Robert Fergusson, Poet
鈥淣o sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1787 and performed by Barbara Rafferty
Extempore - on some commemorations of Thomson
鈥淒ost thou not rise, indignant shade ...鈥
A poem written in 1791 and performed by Phyllida Law
Fragment [Now health forsakes that angel face]
鈥淣ow health forsakes that angel face ...鈥
A poem performed by Stuart McQuarrie
Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear
鈥淗ere's a health to ane I lo'e dear ...鈥
A poem written in 1796 and performed by Cal Macaninch
Highland Mary
鈥淵e banks, and braes, and streams around ...鈥
A song written in 1792 and performed by David Rintoul
Hughie Graham
鈥淥ur lords are to the mountains gane ...鈥
A song written in 1792 and performed by Gary Lewis
In the character of a ruined Farmer
鈥淭he sun he is sunk in the west ...鈥
A song written in 1771-9 and performed by Gerry Carruthers
John Anderson My Jo
鈥淛ohn Anderson, my jo, John ...鈥
A song written in 1789 and performed by Eileen McCallum
Killiecrankie
鈥淲hare hae ye been sae braw, lad! ...鈥
A song written in 1790 and performed by Alison Peebles
Lament Of Mary, Queen Of Scots, On The Approach Of Spring
鈥淣ow Nature hangs her mantle green ...鈥
A poem written in 1791 and performed by Phyllis Logan
Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn
鈥淭he wind blew hollow frae the hills ...鈥
A poem written in 1791 and performed by John Cairney
Lines Addressed to Mr John Ranken
鈥淎e day, as Death, that grusome carl ...鈥
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Blythe Duff
Lines, wrote by Burns, while on his deathbed
鈥淗e who of Ranken sang, lies stiff and dead ...鈥
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Douglas Henshall
Lord Ronald My Son
鈥淥 where hae ye been, Lord Ronald, my son? ...鈥
A poem performed by Annette Crosbie
Man Was Made To Mourn
鈥淲hen chill November's surly blast ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1784 and performed by Bill Paterson
McPherson's Farewell
鈥淔arewell, ye dungeons dark and strong ...鈥
A song written in 1788 and performed by Paul Young
Merry Hae I Been Teethin A Heckle
鈥淥 Merry hae I been teethin' a heckle ...鈥
A poem written in 1785 and performed by Ralph Riach
Monody on Maria
鈥淗ow cold is that bosom which folly once fired ...鈥
A poem written in 1794 and performed by Stella Gonet
Ode, sacred to the memory of Mrs Oswald of Auchencruive
鈥淒weller in yon dungeon dark ...鈥
A poem written in 1788 and performed by Phyllida Law
On An Innkeeper In Tarbolton
鈥淗ere lies a mock Marquis, whose titles were shamm'd ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1795 and performed by Crawford Logan
On An Innkeeper Nicknamed The Marquis
鈥淗ere lies a mock Marquis, whose titles were shamm'd ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1785 and performed by Alan Cumming
On Captain Lascelles
鈥淲hen Lascelles thought fit from this world to depart ...鈥
A poem written in 1794 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
On Captain William Roddirk of Corbiston
鈥淟ight lay the earth on Billy's breast ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1794 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
On Fergusson B
鈥淚ll-fated genius! Heaven-taught Fergusson ...鈥
A poem written in 1787 and performed by John Shedden
On Gabriel Richardson
鈥淗ere brewer Gabriel's fire's extinct ...鈥
A poem written in 1795 and performed by Stella Gonet
On John Morine, laird of Laggan
鈥淲hen Morine, deceased, to the Devil went down ...鈥
An epigram written in 1793 and performed by Liz Lochhead
On Maxwell of Cardoness
鈥淏less Jesus Christ, O Cardoness ...鈥
An epigram written in 1794 and performed by Liz Lochhead
On Robert Riddel
鈥淭o Riddel, much-lamented man ...鈥
A poem written in 1794 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
On Wee Johnie
鈥淲hoe'er thou art, O reader, know ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by Blythe Duff
On a Suicide One
鈥淗ere lies in earth a root of Hell ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1795 and performed by Alan Cumming
On a Suicide Two
鈥淓arth'd up, here lies an imp o' hell, ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1795 and performed by Alan Cumming
On the Birth of a Posthumous Child, born in peculiar circumstances of Family-Distress
鈥淪weet flow'ret, pledge o' meikle love, ...鈥
A poem written in 1790 and performed by Liam Brennan
On the death of Echo, a Lap-dog
鈥淚n wood and wild, ye warbling throng ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1793 and performed by David Hayman
On the death of the late Lord President Dundas
鈥淟one on the bleaky hills, the straying flocks ...鈥
An elegy written in 1787 and performed by Kate Dickie
Orananaoig, or The Song of Death
鈥淔arewell, thou fair day; thou green earth; and ye skies, ...鈥
A song written in 1791 and performed by John Cairney
Poem on Life
鈥淢y honored colonel, deep I feel ...鈥
An epistle written in 1796 and performed by Jonathan Watson
Poor Mailie's Elegy
鈥淟ament in rhyme, lament in prose ...鈥
An elegy written in 1783 and performed by Elaine C Smith
Robert Bruce's March to Bannockburn
鈥淪cots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, ...鈥
A song written in 1793 and performed by Liam Brennan
Sonnet, on the death of Robert Riddel, Esq. of Glen Riddel, April 1974
鈥淣o more, ye warblers of the wood, no more ...鈥
An epitaph performed by Phyllida Law
Tam Samson's Elegy
鈥淗as auld Kilmarnock seen the Deil? ...鈥
An elegy written in 1786 and performed by Eileen McCallum
The Auld Man's mare's dead
鈥淪he was cut-luggit, painch-lippit, ...鈥
A song written in 1795 and performed by Liam Brennan
The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie, The Author's Only Pet Yowe, An Unco Mournfu' Tale
鈥淎s Mailie, an' her lambs thegither ...鈥
A poem written in 1783 and performed by Blythe Duff
The Highland Widow's Lament
鈥淥h, I am come to the low Countrie ...鈥
A song written in 1794 and performed by Annette Crosbie
The Jolly Beggars : I am a son of Mars
鈥淚 am a Son of Mars who have been in many wars ...鈥
A song written in 1785 and performed by Douglas Henshall
The Lovely Lass o' Inverness
鈥淭he luvely Lass o' Inverness ...鈥
A song written in 1794 and performed by David Hayman
There'll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame
鈥淏y yon Castle wa', at the close of the day, ...鈥
A poem written in 1791 and performed by John Cairney
Thou Hast Left Me Ever Jamie
鈥淭hou hast left me ever, Jamie ...鈥
A song written in 1793 and performed by Phyllis Logan
To Alexander Cunningham
鈥淢y godlike Friend - nay do not stare ...鈥
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Billy Boyd
To Chloris
鈥'Tis Friendship's pledge, my young, fair Friend ...鈥
To John Kennedy
鈥淔arewel, dear Friend! May Guid luck hit you ...鈥
An epitaph written in 1786 and performed by John Shedden
To Mary in Heaven
鈥淭hou lingering star with lessening ray ...鈥
A song written in 1795 and performed by Dougray Scott
To the Memory of the Unfortunate Miss Burns
鈥淟ike to a fading flower in May, ...鈥
A poem written in 1791 and performed by Karen Dunbar
