Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
No poet in English writes with more dangerous warmth than Robert Burns. Three centuries haven't cooled the fire in these poems. He poured love, longing, humor, and revolution into the Scots tongue, and what emerged feels startlingly alive still: the ache of desire, the sting of satire, the tenderness addressed to a mouse in a ploughed field. Burns was a farmer who became the voice of the common person, railing against hypocrisy and hierarchy while celebrating the simple pleasures of whisky, lassies, and the natural world. His songs, from 'Auld Lang Syne' to 'Scots Wha Hae', have traveled farther than he ever could have imagined, yet they retain that rough, musical urgency of a man writing as if each word might be his last. This is poetry that doesn't ask to be studied from a distance. It asks to be felt, sung, passed around, remembered.
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“Even thou who mournst the daisies fate, that fate is thine.””
— Robert Burns
“За старата любов - докрай !За миналите дни!Ти чаша нежност ми подайза миналите дни!””
— Robert Burns
“In proving foresight may be vain:The best-laid schemes o' mice an' menGang aft agley,An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,For promis'd joy!””
— Robert Burns
“All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn,Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn."[]””
— Robert Burns
“A gaudy dress and gentle air May slightly touch the heart; But it's innocence and modesty That polishes the dart.””
— Robert Burns
“Dear Sir, I'll gie ye some advice,You'll tak it no uncivil:You shouldna paint at angels, man,But try and paint the Devil.To paint an angel's kittle wark,Wi' Nick there's little danger;You'll easy draw a lang-kent face,But no sae weel a stranger.””
— Robert Burns
“The best laid schemes o'mice an' mengang aft agley, An'lea'e us nought but grief an'pain, For promis'd joy...””
— Robert Burns
“Unmatch'd at the bottle, unconquer'd in war, He drank his poor god-ship as deep as the sea; No tide of the Baltic e'er drunker than he.””
— Robert Burns
“Even tho who mournst the daisies fate, that fate is thine.””
— Robert Burns
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