Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.
ROBERT BURNSAgain rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep’d in the morning dews.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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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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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.
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I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
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It ‘s guid to be merry and wise, It ‘s guid to be honest and true, It ‘s guid to support Caledonia’s cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.
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To step aside is human.
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But 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.
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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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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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Now’s the day and now’s the hour.
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To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That’s the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
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