▁Prom oting ▁the ▁Reading ▁and ▁Spe aking ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁Language ▁in ▁Scotland . ▁From ▁such ▁eigh teenth - century ▁activities ▁grew ▁Scottish ▁Standard ▁English . ▁Sc ots ▁remained ▁the ▁vern ac ular ▁of ▁many ▁rural ▁communities ▁and ▁the ▁growing ▁number ▁of ▁urban ▁working ▁class ▁Sc ots . ▁ ▁All an ▁R ams ay ▁( 1 6 8 6 – 1 7 5 8 ) ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁literary ▁figure ▁of ▁the ▁era , ▁often ▁described ▁as ▁leading ▁a ▁" vern ac ular ▁rev ival ". ▁He ▁laid ▁the ▁found ations ▁of ▁a ▁re aw ak ening ▁of ▁interest ▁in ▁older ▁Scottish ▁literature , ▁publishing ▁The ▁Ever ▁Green ▁( 1 7 2 4 ), ▁a ▁collection ▁that ▁included ▁many ▁major ▁po etic ▁works ▁of ▁the ▁Stewart ▁period . ▁He ▁led ▁the ▁tr end ▁for ▁past oral ▁poetry , ▁helping ▁to ▁develop ▁the ▁H abb ie ▁st anza , ▁which ▁would ▁be ▁later ▁be ▁used ▁by ▁Robert ▁Burn s ▁as ▁a ▁po etic ▁form . ▁His ▁Te a - Table ▁Mis cell any ▁( 1 7 2 4 – 3 7 ) ▁contained ▁po ems ▁old ▁Sc ots ▁folk ▁material , ▁his ▁own ▁po ems ▁in ▁the ▁folk ▁style ▁and ▁" gent il iz ings " ▁of ▁Sc ots ▁po ems ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁ne o - class ical ▁style . ▁R ams ay ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁community ▁of ▁po ets ▁working ▁in ▁Sc ots ▁and ▁English . ▁These ▁included ▁William ▁Hamilton ▁of ▁Gilbert field ▁( c . ▁ 1 6 6