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Books by Robert Burns

Quotes by Robert Burns
“ Misled by fancy's meteor ray,
By passion driven;
But yet the light that led astray
Was light from heaven. ”
“ Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang,
To step aside is human. ”
“ Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty's in every blow-
Let us do or die! ”
“ Green grow the rashes, O;
Green grow the rashes, O;
The sweetest hours that e'er I spend
Are spent among the lasses, O. ”
“ Some books are lies frae end to end. ”
“ O Mary, at thy window be!
It is the wished, the trysted hour. ”
“ Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn.
Man was made to Mourn. ”
“ Perhaps it may turn out a sang,
Perhaps turn out a sermon. ”
“ If naebody care for me,
I'll care for naebody. ”
“ For a' that and a' that,
It's coming yet, for a' that,
That man to man the world o'er
Shall brothers be for a' that. ”
“ But, oh! fell death's untimely frost,
That nipt my flower sae early. ”
“ The best laid schemes o' mice and men
Gang aft a-gley;
And leave us naught but grief and pain
For promised joy. ”
“ Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears
Her noblest work she classes, O:
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
An' then she made the lasses, O. ”
“ I waive the quantum o' the sin,
The hazard of concealing:
But, och! it hardens a' within,
And petrifies the feeling! ”
“ There's nought but care on ev'ry han',
In every hour that passes, O:
What signifies the life o' man,
An' then she made the lasses, O. ”
“ Stern Ruin's plowshare drives elate,
Full on thy bloom. ”
“ O whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad:
Tho' father and mither and a' should gae mad. ”
“ His locked, lettered, braw brass collar
Showed him the gentleman an' scholar. ”
“ John Barleycorn got up again,
And sore surprised them all. ”
“ Beauty's of a fading nature
Has a season and is gone! ”
“ This day, Time winds th' exhausted chain,
To run the twelvemonth's length again. ”
“ The social, friendly, honest man,
Whate'er he be,
'Tis he fulfills great Nature's plan,
And none but he! ”
“ Nature's law,
That man was made to mourn. ”
“ Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to min'?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o' auld lang syne? ”
“ I'm truly sorry man's dominion
Has broken Nature's social union. ”
“ '''For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne!''' ”
“ He wales a portion with judicious care;
And "Let us worship God" he says, with solemn air. ”
“ The heart benevolent and kind
The most resembles God. ”
“ If there's a hole in a' your coats,
I rede you tent it;
A chield's aman you takin' notes,
And faith he'll prent it. ”
“ An' there began a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation. ”
“ She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a lo'esome wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine. ”
“ The golden Hours on angel wings
Flew o'er me and my Dearie;
For dear to me as light and life
Was my sweet Highland Mary. ”
“ An atheist-laugh's a poor exchange
For Deity offended. ”
“ The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.
For a' that an a' that. ”
“ Suspense is worse than disappointment. ”
“ On ev'ry hand it will allowed be,
He's just-nae better than he should be. ”
“ The voice of Nature loudly cries,
And many a message from the skies,
That something in us never dies. ”
“ It's hardly in a body's pow'r,
To keep, at times, frae being sour. ”
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