Britannica
Sources used in this answer
When was Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect published?
Created from Britannica articles
using AI.
AI can make mistakes, so verify using Britannica articles.
Robert Burns
Robert Burns, engraving from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, 1870.
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect was published on July 31, 1786. This volume, often referred to as the Kilmarnock edition, was the first major collection of verse by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.1