Robert Burns Quotes

But to see her was to love her;
Love but her, and love for ever.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, that fate is thine.

Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven.

It was a' for our rightfu' King We left fair Scotland's strand.

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.

God knows, I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.

Gin a body meet a body
Coming thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body — Need a body cry?

The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 'Tis he fulfills great Nature's plan, And none but he!

Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn, That while a lassie she had worn, In longitude tho' sorely scanty, It was her best, and she was vauntie.

As Tammie glow'red, amazed, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.

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.

Oh the gift that God could give us, to see ourselves as others see us.

Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.

Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!