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
fun ocean adventure
Burns, has spent years exploring the many avenues for adventure and fun in San Diego. The fact that you can experience the desert, snow, mountains and ocean in the course of a day has always been amazing to me. If you are really motivated, you can snow ski, surf, take a mountain hike, and race dune buggies all in one weekend, .. I grew up here and want to showcase San Diego to the world. I love San Diego.
faces matter desperate
When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.
world thee
'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,-Jessy!
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!
love sprung-up rose
O, my luve is like a red, red rose.
cheer fall autumn
All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.
morning spring locks
Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep'd in the morning dews.
nursing wrath sulky
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.--Robert Burns
fear order hell
The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that aye be your border.
friendship funny-new-years-eve should
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min?
long tasks sitting
Pharmaceutical projects are like fresh fruit - they depreciate if they are not tended to, and they do poorly if sitting on the shelf with long periods of inactivity.
honesty men knights
A man's a man for a' that. . . . . A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that! . . . Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree and a' that. For a' that, and a' that, It's comin' yet, for a' that, When man to man, the world o'er, Shall brithers be for a' that.
prayer grace three
Their sighing, canting, grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces.
military lord vain
They never sought in vain that sought the Lord alright!