Robert Burns, Lincluden Abbey from Views of the Haunts and Homes of the British Poets, Oct. 19 1850.

“The mood of mind which comes over you here is that of unwritten poetry.

When one thinks of Burns wandering amid this congenial nature, where the young now wander and sing his songs, one is apt to forget that he bore with him a sad heart and a sinking frame.”

— William Howitt