Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns, also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and 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...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 January 1759
best gang grief joy laid leave men mice naught pain promised schemes
The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy
men church damnation
The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church's ban Or hell's damnation.
life men wisest-man
The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
time men tides
Nae man can tether time or tide.
nature men class
Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O!
honesty men knights
A man's a man for a' that. . . . . A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that! . . . Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree and a' that. For a' that, and a' that, It's comin' yet, for a' that, When man to man, the world o'er, Shall brithers be for a' that.
fear men care
All my fears and cares are of this world; if there is another, an honest man has nothing to fear from it.
book simple men
Good Lord, what is man! for as simple he looks, Do but try to develop his books and his crooks, With his depths and his shallows, his good and his evil, All in all, he's a problem must puzzle the devil.
sorry men broken
I'm truly sorry man's dominion has broken Nature's social union.
men plans mice
The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
change men best-laid-plans
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.
kings honesty men
The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men, for a' that!
hypocrite men thanks
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.
pain grief men
But little Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew, And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy! Still you are blest, compared with me!