{"date":"July 21","id":"07-21","intro":["The songs of Burns are the links, the watchwords, the symbols of the Scots. He is the last of the ballad singers. In his works are preserved the best songs of his people."],"minutes":10,"readings":[{"author":"Robert Burns","end":79,"start":70,"volume":6,"work":"Poems"}],"slug":"july-21","status":"proofread","title":"Scotland’s Own Poet","url":"/harvard-classics/july-21/","words":1966}