Robert Burns overcomes his upbringing as a farm labourer to become the national poet of Scotland. Love comes his way in the form of Jean Armour but his attempts at securing a happy relationship are blighted by Jean's father who disapproves of Burns. Finally, Jean and Robbie are married and Burns tries to settle down to a happy married life, but the success of his literary career brings with it many temptations and he is unable to resist the attention of the aristocratic women who fawn upon him. Finding difficulties in supporting his growing family of children, Burns seeks work as a local tax and excise officer in the port of Dumfries when Britain is threatened by the spread of the French Revolution

Robert Burns overwint zijn opvoeding als landarbeider en wordt de nationale dichter van Schotland. Liefde komt op zijn pad in de vorm van Jean Armor, maar zijn pogingen om een ​​gelukkige relatie veilig te stellen worden verwoest door Jean's vader die Burns afkeurt. Ten slotte zijn Jean en Robbie getrouwd en probeert Burns een gelukkig huwelijksleven te leiden, maar het succes van zijn literaire carrière brengt veel verleidingen met zich mee en hij kan de aandacht van de aristocratische vrouwen die naar hem kijken niet weerstaan. Burns ondervindt problemen bij het onderhouden van zijn groeiende gezin met kinderen en zoekt werk als lokaal belasting- en accijnsambtenaar in de haven van Dumfries wanneer Groot-Brittannië wordt bedreigd door de verspreiding van de Franse Revolutie.

Robert Burns supera sua educação como trabalhador agrícola para se tornar o poeta nacional da Escócia. O amor aparece na forma de Jean Armor, mas suas tentativas de garantir um relacionamento feliz são chamadas pelo pai de Jean, que desaprova queimaduras. Finalmente, Jean e Robbie são casados e Burns tenta se estabelecer com uma vida feliz casada, mas o sucesso de sua carreira literária traz muitas tentações e ele é incapaz de resistir à atenção das mulheres aristocráticas que se banham. Encontrando dificuldades em apoiar sua crescente família de crianças, Burns procura trabalhar como um oficial de imposto e consumo local no porto de Dumfries, quando a Grã -Bretanha é ameaçada pela disseminação da Revolução Francesa.