Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns, also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 January 1759
thrill woe pleasure
Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
faith heart kind
The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
men guinea stamps
The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that.
quitting hundred officers
I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.
men done vain
Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.
atheist laughter laughing
An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!
laughter laughing ready
The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.
lying book ends
Some books are lies frae end to end.
feelings hazards sin
I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!
sweet husband thinking
Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises.
victory battle bed
Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to victory! Now 's the day and now 's the hour; See the front o' battle lour.
light passing passings
And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
justice morality mercy
Morality, thou deadly bane, Thy tens o' thousands thou hast slain! Vain is his hope, whose stay an' trust is In moral mercy, truth, and justice!
flow poppies pleasure
Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed.