Some rhyme a neebor’s name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu’ cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An’ raise a din; For me, an aim I never fash; I rhyme for fun.
ROBERT BURNSKings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
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Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks To murder men and gie God thanks Desist for shame, proceed no further God won’t accept your thanks for murder.
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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.
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The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation’s path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.
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Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever.
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When Nature her great masterpiece designed,And framed her last, best work, the human mind,Her eye intent on all the wondrous plan,She formed of various stuff the various Man.
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O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
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Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.
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Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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Oh my luve’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June; Oh my luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly played in tune.
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When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
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Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi’ usquebae, we’ll face the devil!
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Some books are lies frae end to end.
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What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; Love’s the cloudless summer sun, Nature gay adorning.
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O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An’ foolish notion.
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She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o’ mine.
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The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
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The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it’s bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.
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Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
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I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration.
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A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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