Robert Burns's most famous poems and literary works

Including Auld Lang Syne and Address to a Haggis

Robert Burns poems
(Image credit: VisitScotland)

More than two centuries after the death of writer and lyricist Robert Burns, his words are still recited around the world on New Year's Eve. 

Auld Lang Syne might be the Scot's most famous poem, but he is recognised globally for his words of contemplation on "universal themes of love and nature", said the BBC.

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