Robert Burns Quotations

My brother knew this young lady. They went to high school together. It's not like they met one another recently. They've known each other for years.

Some wee short hour ayont the twal.

Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Hangman of creation, mark! Who in widow weeds appears, Laden with unhonoured years, Noosing with care a bursting purse, Baited with many a deadly curse?

To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!

The great Creator to revere Must sure become the creature; But still the preaching cant forbear, And ev'n the rigid feature: Yet ne'er with wits profane to range Be complaisance extended;An atheist laugh's a poor exchange For deity offended.

Ambition is a meteor-gleam; Fame a restless airy dream; Pleasures, insects on the wing Round Peace, th' tend rest flow'r of spring.

The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church's ban Or hell's damnation.

The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.

But Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy!

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.