Critics! Appalled I ventured on the name. Those cutthroat b… - Robert Burns

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Critics! Appalled I ventured on the name.
Those cutthroat bandits in the paths of fame.

Robert Burns

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Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) was a poet and pioneer of the Romantic movement and after his death became an important source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland.

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Also Known As: Bard of Ayrshire

Alternative Names: Robbie Burns • Rabbie Burns • Scotland's favorite son • Ploughman Poet • The Bard • National poet of Scotland • Robden of Solway Firth

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Then gently scan your brother
man,
still gentler sister woman, though they may gang
a kennin wrang, to step aside is human

Lay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty's in every blow— Let us do or die!

But pleasure are like poppies spread, you sieze the flower, its bloom is spread

Critics! Appalled I ventured on the name. Those cutthroat bandits in the paths of fame. - Robert Burns

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