5 ▁– ▁ 1 7 5 1 ), ▁Robert ▁C raw ford ▁( 1 6 9 5 – 1 7 3 3 ), ▁Alexander ▁Ross ▁( 1 6 9 9 – 1 7 8 4 ), ▁the ▁Jacob ite ▁William ▁Hamilton ▁of ▁Bang our ▁( 1 7 0 4 – 1 7 5 4 ), ▁social ite ▁Al ison ▁R uther ford ▁C ock burn ▁( 1 7 1 2 – 1 7 9 4 ), ▁and ▁poet ▁and ▁play w right ▁James ▁Thompson ▁( 1 7 0 0 – 1 7 4 8 ). ▁Also ▁important ▁was ▁Robert ▁Fer g us son ▁( 1 7 5 0 – 1 7 7 4 ), ▁a ▁largely ▁urban ▁poet , ▁recogn ised ▁in ▁his ▁short ▁lifetime ▁as ▁the ▁uno fficial ▁" la ure ate " ▁of ▁Edinburgh . ▁His ▁most ▁famous ▁work ▁was ▁his ▁un fin ished ▁long ▁poem , ▁A uld ▁Re ek ie ▁( 1 7 7 3 ), ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁His ▁borrow ing ▁from ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁dialect s ▁pre fig ured ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁Syn th etic ▁Sc ots ▁in ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁and ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁major ▁influence ▁on ▁Robert ▁Burn s . ▁ ▁Burn s ▁( 1 7 5 9 – 1 7 9 6 ), ▁an ▁A yr shire ▁poet ▁and ▁ly ric ist , ▁is ▁widely ▁regarded ▁as ▁the ▁national ▁poet ▁of ▁Scotland ▁and ▁a ▁major ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁Rom antic ▁movement . ▁As ▁well ▁as ▁making