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Farewell to the torrents and loud - pouring floods.
My heart is in the Highlands, my heart is not here
My heart is in the Highlands a-chasing the deer
A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe
My heart is in the Highlands wherever I go.


By Robert Burns


Robert Burns is a well-known and popular Scottish poet.
Robert Burns was born in 1759 in a poor family of a farmer. Robert learnt from his father to love people. His mother had a very good voice and she often sang songs. She knew many folk- tales and told them to her children. Robert Burns read a lot. He was fond of reading. His favourite writer was William Shakespeare. At the age of 15 he began to write poems. He wrote poems about people, about everyday things. The heroes of his poems were the heroes of his mothers stories. The young poet felt the injustice of the world where landlords owned the best land. His protest is shown in his poems. Robert Burns published his book "Poems" when he was 27 years old. He wrote about kindness and honesty of common people. Robert Burns wrote the words of the song "Auld Lang Syne". Scottish people sing this song when they celebrate the New Years Day. Robert Burns died in poverty at the age of thirty seven. His poems are well known and loved by people all over the world because Robert Burns glorified a human being.

7. Do you like to read detective stories? Arthur Conan Doyle was one of the first who started the fashion of detective story.
Read the text "Arthur Conan Doyle" and discuss the questions in pairs.
Arthur Conan Doyle was a great writer. He was born in Scotland in the family of Irish. He was a doctor. In 1882 he moved from Scotland to England to set up a practice. His