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
flower violet snowdrops
The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.
pain disappointment grief
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
heart mind doe
And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair. Wha does the utmost that he can Will whyles do mair.
powerful favors persons
How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
men best-laid-plans planning
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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!