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
sister brother men
Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human.
faith heart kind
The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
grieving squad may
Mankind is an unco squad And muckle he may grieve thee.
drinking divine brandy
There's some are fou o' love divine; There's some are fou o' brandy.
religious heart bye
But of all Nonsense, Religious Nonsense is the most nonsensical; so enough, & more than enough of it - Only, by the bye, will you, or can you tell me, my dear Cunningham, why a religioso turn of mind has always a tendency to narrow and illiberalise the heart?
heaven arms pairs
If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'T is when a youthful, loving, modest pair In other's arms breathe out the tender tale
jealous heaven atheism
On Earth, Discord! A gloomy Heaven above, opening her jealous gates to the nineteen thousandth part of the tithe of mankind! And below, an inescapable & inexorable Hell, expanding its leviathan jaws for the vast residue of Mortals!
definitions mankind
Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
sea fishing play
The lightly-jumping, glowrin' trouts, That thro' my waters play...
years best-laid-plans plans
The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
religious heart mind
Why has a religious turn of mind always a tendency to narrow and harden the heart?
ale delicate warm
Oatcakes are a delicate relish when eaten warm with ale.
body sour pow
It's hardly in a body's pow'r,To keep, at times, frae being sour.
sky voice messages
The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.