“To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For Nature made her what she is, And never made another.”
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Robert Burns (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a Scottish poet and a 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 these pieces, his political or civil commentary is often at its most blunt. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement and after his death became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. A cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish Diaspora around the world, celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature. In 2009 he was voted by the Scottish public as being the Greatest Scot, through a vote run by Scottish television channel STV. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns
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“To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For Nature made her what she is, And never made another.”
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“If there is another world, he lives in bliss If there is none, he made the best of this.”
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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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“Gie me a spark o' nature's fire, that's a' the learning I desire.”
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“Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion.”
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“Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed Or to victorie.”
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“But deep this truth impress'd my mind: Thro' all His works abroad, The heart benevolent and kind The most resembles God.”
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“There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.”
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“My love is like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June: My love is like the melody That's sweetly played in tune. How fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in love am I; And I will lov...”
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“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.”
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“Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!”
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“Flow gently, sweet Afton, amang thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream....”
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“Fortune, if thou’ll but gie me still Hale breeks, a scone, an whisky gill, An’ rowth o’ rhyme to rave at will, Take a’ the rest, An’ deal’t about as thy blind skill Directs thee best.”
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“It is natural for a young fellow to like the acquaintance of females and customary for him to keep them company when occasion serves. Some one of them is more agreeable to him than the rest;...”
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“I am very willing to admit that I have some poetical abilities, and as few - if any - writers, either moral or political, are intimately acquainted with the classes of mankind among whom I h...”
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“The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.”
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“Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!”
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“O thou great, unknown Power! Thou Almighty God, who hast lighted up reason in my breast and blessed me with immortality! I have frequently wandered from that order and regularity necessary f...”
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“Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.”
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“I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.”
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