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
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.
gold farmers merchants
For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor.
evil frailty
Great for good, or great for evil.
thanksgiving want sae
Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit.
should god-knows knows
God knows, I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.
song scottish modern
[Scottish songs] are, I own, frequently wild, & unreduceable to the more modern rules; but on that very eccentricity, perhaps, depends a great part of their effect.
change men best-laid-plans
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.
ocean fate simple
Such is the fate of simple Bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd
prayer country-love scotland
O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
world wide
The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.