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But to see her was to love her;
Love but her, and love for ever.
Had we never lov'd sae kindly,
Had we never lov'd sae blindly,
Never met—or never parted,
We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
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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.
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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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John Anderson my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
Your bonny brow was brent.
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A fig for those by law protected!
liberty's a glorious feast!
Courts for cowards were erected,
Churches built to please the priest.
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I love drinking now and then. It defecates the standing pool of thought. A man perpetually in the paroxysm and fears of inebriety is like a half-drowned stupid wretch condemned to labor unceasingly in water; but a now-and-then tribute to Bacchus is like the cold bath, bracing and invigorating.
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Here, some are thinkin' on their sins,
An' some upo' their claes.
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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 anither!
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Where sits our sulky, sullen dame,
Gathering her brows like gathering storm,
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
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Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body
Need a body cry?
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Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birthplace of valor, the country of worth! Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
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Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon,
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?
How can ye chant, ye little birds,
And I sae weary fu' o' care!
Thou'll break my heart, thou warbling bird,
That wantons thro' the flowering thorn!
Thou minds me o' departed joys,
Departed never to return.
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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, An' foolish notion.
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Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.
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The minister kiss'd the fiddler's wife,
An' could na preach for thinkin' o't.
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Green grow the rashes, O;
Green grow the rashes, O;
The sweetest hours that e'er I spend
Are spent among the lasses, O.
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But, oh! fell death's untimely frost,
That nipt my flower sae early.
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All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.
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Your lines, I maintain it, are poetry, and good poetry.... Friendship... had I been so blest as to have met with you in time, might have led me - God of love only knows where.
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O saw ye bonnie Lesley,
As she gaed o'er the border?
She's gane, like Alexander,
To spread her conquests farther.
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Not the bee upon the blossom, In the pride o' sunny noon; Not the little sporting fairy, All beneath the simmer moon; Not the poet, in the moment Fancy lightens in his e'e, Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture, That thy presence gi'es to me.
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And my fause luver stole my rose,
But ah! he left the thorn wi' me.
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John Barleycorn got up again,
And sore surprised them all.
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The heart benevolent and kind
The most resembles God.
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The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace,
The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride.
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We twa hae run about the braes,
And pu'd the gowans fine.
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O, gie me the lass that has acres o' charms,
O, gie me the lass wi' the weel-stockit farms.
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I'm truly sorry Man's dominion
Has broken Nature's social union,
An' justifies that ill opinion
Which makes thee startle,
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,
An' fellow-mortal!
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O Death! the poor man's dearest friend,
The kindest and the best!
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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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Robert Burns
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Born:
January 25, 1759
Died:
July 21, 1796
(aged 37)
Bio:
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.
Known for:
A Red, Red Rose
To a Mouse
Tam o' Shanter
Halloween
Sweet Afton
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