But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
ROBERT BURNSBut to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
ROBERT BURNSWhen chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
ROBERT BURNSI’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
ROBERT BURNSPleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed.
ROBERT BURNSThe best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
ROBERT BURNSCritics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.
ROBERT BURNSThere’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
ROBERT BURNSBut 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.
ROBERT BURNSThe trout in yonder wimpling burn – That glides, a silver dart, – And, safe beneath the shady thorn, – Defies the anglers art.
ROBERT BURNSTo make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That’s the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
ROBERT BURNSPrudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
ROBERT BURNSGo fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
ROBERT BURNSI pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
ROBERT BURNSO Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
ROBERT BURNSThe upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church’s ban Or hell’s damnation.
ROBERT BURNSGie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
ROBERT BURNS