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Jean Armour was the wife of the poet Robert Burns and the mother of nine of his children. She inspired many of his poems and faced social and legal challenges in their relationship.
Robert Burns (1759-1796) was a Scottish poet and lyricist, widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland. He wrote in Scots, English and a "light Scots dialect", and collected and adapted folk songs.
Raymond was inspired to start Victoria's Secret after feeling embarrassed purchasing lingerie for his wife in a department store. [8] [9] To open the store, he borrowed $40,000 from a bank and $40,000 from his family. [10] Roy and Gaye Raymond worked together to design and launch the first store with a Victorian-inspired style.
Mossgiel Farm is an organic farm in Mauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland, where Robert Burns lived and wrote many of his poems. Learn about its history, location, status and references from this Wikipedia article.
"O that I had ne'er been Married" is a Scots-language poem and song by Robert Burns.It dates from 1795. It was included in the Scots Musical Museum collection.. Burns may have written it himself as there is no record of the song prior to the Scots Musical Museum, and it was claimed by William Stenhouse, the editor, that Burns related the melody of the song to the Museums publisher James Johnson.
Robert Burns was born in 1892 in New York City. [1] In 1912, he left his family and drifted throughout the United States as a laborer. [4] Two days after the United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a combat medic.
Robert Aiken was one of Robert Burns's closest friends and greatest admirers. [1] He was born in 1739 in Ayr, Scotland.His father John Aiken, was a sea captain who owned his own ships [2] and his mother was Sarah Dalrymple, distantly related to the Dalrymples of Stair. [2]
Agnes Maclehose (26 April 1758 [2] – 23 October 1841 [3]), or Agnes Craig, known to her friends as Nancy [4] and to Robert Burns followers as Clarinda, was a Scotswoman who had an unconsummated affair with Burns during 1787-88, on which he based the 1791 song "Ae Fond Kiss". The pseudonyms of her "Clarinda" to his "Sylvander" were adopted by ...