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Robert Burns
(1759-1796 / Ayrshire / Scotland)
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138 poems of Robert Burns
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Wee image of my bonnie Betty,
I fatherly will kiss and daut thee,
As dear an' near my heart I set thee
Wi' as guid will,
As a' the priests had seen me get thee
That's out o' h...
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Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. A Poet's Welcome to His Love-begotten Daughter (l. 7-12). . .
New Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse...
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Gude grant that thou may aye inherit
Thy mither's person, grace, an' merit,
An' thy poor worthless daddy's spirit,
Without his failins;
'Twill please me mair to see and hear o't,
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Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. A Poet's Welcome to His Love-begotten Daughter (l. 43-48). . .
New Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Vers...
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''O My Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June;
O My Luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly played in tune.''
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Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. A Red, Red Rose (l. 1-4). . .
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972)...
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''O my luve's like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June;
O my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune.''
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Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. Poetical Works, vol. 2, ed. William Scott Douglas (1891). "A Red, Red Rose," st. 1 and 5, Johnson's Musical M...
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''For auld lang syne, by dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne!''
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Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. Auld Lang Syne (l. 5-8). . .
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972) ...
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''Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
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We'll tak a cup o'kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.''
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Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. Auld Lang Syne, l. 1-2 and last two lines of chorus (1796).
This traditional New Year's Eve song is one a...
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''To see her is to love her,
And love but her for ever;
For Nature made her what she is,
And never made anither!''
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Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. Bonnie Lesley (l. 5-8). . .
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972) O...
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''The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be,
'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he.''
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Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. repr. In Poetical Works, vol. 1, ed. William Scott Douglas (1891). "Epistle to John Lapraik No.2," st. 15 (17...
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''Is there for honest poverty
That hings his head, and a' that?''
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Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. For A' That and A' That (l. 1-2). . .
New Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse, The. Roger Lonsdale, e...
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''The rank is but the guinea stamp—
The man's the gowd for a' that!''
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Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. For A' That and A' That (l. 7-8). . .
New Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse, The. Roger Lonsdale, e...
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