Ae Fond Kiss' is the most famous and widely acclaimed song to arise from Robert Burns's association with Agnes McLehose, an educated woman whom he met whilst in Edinburgh in 1787 and who was ...

This poem was written for Agnes McLehose in December 1787 in response to the lady's own verse, 'From Clarinda on Mr B--- saying he had 'nothing else to do'. 'Clarinda' was the pseudonym adopted by ...