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110 Quotes for 'Robert Burns' in the Database.
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Robert Burns Quotes
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.
Topic: Victory
Source: Tam o' Shanter
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And like a passing thought, she fled
In light away.
Topic: Visions
Source: The Vision (last lines)
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John Barleycorn was a hero bold,
Of noble enterprise,
For if you do but taste his blood,
'Twill make your courage rise,
Twill make a man forget his wo;
'Twill heighten all his joy.
Topic: Wine and Spirits
Source: John Barleycorn
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Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.
Topic: Wives
Source: Henpecked Husband
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She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonny wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine.
Topic: Wives
Source: My Wife's a Winsome Wee Thing
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Duncan Gray cam here to woo,
Ha, ha, the wooing o't!
On blithe Yuletide when we were fou,
Ha, ha, the wooing o't!
Maggie coost her head fu' high,
Looked asklent and unco skeigh,
Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh:
Ha, ha! the wooing o't!
Topic: Wooing
Source: Duncan Gray
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The landlady and Tam grew gracious
Wi' favours secret, sweet and precious.
Topic: Wooing
Source: Tam o'Shanter (st. 7)
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And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan
A lady fair.
Wha does the utmost that he can
Will whyles do mair.
Topic: Wooing
Source: To Dr. Blackjack
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The wide world is all before us--
But a world without a friend.
Topic: World
Source: Strathallan's Lament
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He wakes a portion with judicious care;
And "Let us worship God!" he says, with solemn air.
Topic: Worship
Source: The Cotter's Saturday Night (st. 12)
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