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
passion light heaven
Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven.
fear men care
All my fears and cares are of this world; if there is another, an honest man has nothing to fear from it.
fun names poetry
Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu' cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An' raise a din; For me, an aim I never fash; I rhyme for fun.
military damn
Here's to us, who's like us Damn few, and they're all dead.
fall rivers white
Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever . . .
book simple men
Good Lord, what is man! for as simple he looks, Do but try to develop his books and his crooks, With his depths and his shallows, his good and his evil, All in all, he's a problem must puzzle the devil.
devil faces whiskey
Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!
sorry men broken
I'm truly sorry man's dominion has broken Nature's social union.
summer play blink
Now Simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the chrystal streamlets plays; Come let us spend the lightsome days In the birks of Aberfeldy.
farewell heart rivers
Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those. The bursting tears my heart declare; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr.
men plans mice
The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
three economy guinea
To make three guineas do the work of five.
new-year kindness mind
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.
mistake steps humans
To step aside is human.