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
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.
eye men mind
When Nature her great masterpiece designed,And framed her last, best work, the human mind,Her eye intent on all the wondrous plan,She formed of various stuff the various Man.
faces matter desperate
When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.
contentment care body
I'll be merry and free, I'll be sad for nae-body; If nae-body cares for me, I'll care for nae-body.
tears cups
Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
looks apparel
Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new.
weed dark years
Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Hangman of creation, mark! Who in widow weeds appears, Laden with unhonoured years, Noosing with care a bursting purse, Baited with many a deadly curse?
nature men class
Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O!
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.
thrill woe pleasure
Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
dream spring ambition
Ambition is a meteor-gleam; Fame a restless airy dream; Pleasures, insects on the wing Round Peace, th' tend rest flow'r of spring.