To make a happy fireside clime
To weans and wife,—
That is the true pathos and sublime
Of human life.


Epistle to Dr. Blacklock. - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Robert Burns Quotes

To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife,— That is the true pathos and sublime Of human life.

To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife,— That is the true pathos and sublime Of human life.

To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife,— That is the true pathos and sublime Of human life.

To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife,— That is the true pathos and sublime Of human life.