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
rocks balance weight
Burns' Hog-Weighing Method: (1) Get a perfectly symmetrical plank and balance it across a sawhorse. (2) Put the hog on one end of the plank. (3) Pile rocks on the other end until the plank is again perfectly balanced. (4) Carefully guess the weight of the rocks.
kissing body needs
Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body— Need a body cry?
honesty ethics being-honest
Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
struggle mind offensive
I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
broken forever sae
But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever. Had we never lou'd sae kindly, Had we never lou'd sae blindly, Never met - or never parted - We had ne'er been broken hearted
integrity mean promise
A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
lying heart men
An honest man here lies at rest, the friend of man the friend of truth the friend of age and guide of youth. Few hearts like his with virtue warmed, few heads with knowledge so informed. If there's another world, he lives in bliss. If there is none, he made the best of this.
heart deer scottish
My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.
god men inhumanity-to-man
Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
determination character adversity
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
weight armor heavy
Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
fields forests november
When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare.
laughter please-me laughing
I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration.
country sweet son
My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!