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8ee7d20 Stern Ruin's plowshare drives elate, Full on thy bloom. Robert Burns
2dd173a I was na fou, but just had plenty. Robert Burns
346a7be John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surprised them all. Robert Burns
2767bc2 The heart benevolent and kind The most resembles God. Robert Burns
79bbe5b This day, Time winds th' exhausted chain, To run the twelvemonth's length again. Robert Burns
3d2589d But, oh! fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower sae early. Robert Burns
0f832a3 O whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad: Tho' father and mither and a' should gae mad. Robert Burns
571d0f3 O Mary, at thy window be! It is the wished, the trysted hour. Robert Burns
b868649 Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new. Robert Burns
5b5f674 Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale. Robert Burns
825c432 He wales a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God" he says, with solemn air. Robert Burns
5edd7ac Perhaps Dundee's wild-warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name. Robert Burns
0d265a1 Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. Robert Burns
17af387 An atheist-laugh's a poor exchange For Deity offended. Robert Burns
bf5e8c6 And may you better reck the rede, Than ever did the adviser! Robert Burns
4349dba Contented wi' little and cantie wi' mair. Robert Burns
ff852c7 Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe. Robert Burns
c3533c3 Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; Ae farewell, alas, forever! Robert Burns
3f93df1 It was a' for our rightfu' King We left fair Scotland's strand. Robert Burns
0ac81d1 Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain. Robert Burns
9dc7616 The landlady and Tam grew gracious Wi' favours secret, sweet, and precious. Robert Burns
f3f55e2 The landlord's laugh was ready chorus. Robert Burns
daa4468 Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. Robert Burns
5c8103a Nae man can tether time or tide. Robert Burns
fbc6d7a That hour, o' night's black arch the keystane. Robert Burns
b86b664 As Tammie glow'red, amazed, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious. Robert Burns
94e5dba Though it rain daggers with their points downward. Robert Burton
4bab5a4 Ah, Tam! Ah! Tam! Thou'll get thy fairin! In hell they'll roast you like a herrin! Robert Burns
1ffa110 God knows, I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be. Robert Burns
aa5b5f9 If there's another world, he lives in bliss; If there is none, he made the best of this. Robert Burns
b4aa309 In durance vile here must I wake and weep, And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep. Robert Burns
d6f3f05 Some wee short hours ayont the twal. Robert Burns
e1b3696 When chill November's surly blast Made fields and forests bare. Robert Burns
56af9c3 And like a passing thought, she fled In light away. Robert Burns
9fc7595 Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve,--how exquisite the bliss! Robert Burns
04a3035 What 's done we partly may compute, But know not what 's resisted. Robert Burns
9f22ac6 O life! thou art a galling load, To wretches such as I! Robert Burns
62d32c7 We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine. Robert Burns
7ce0326 'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,--Jessy! Robert Burns
3317ded All my joys to this are follyNaught so sweet as melancholy. Robert Burton
afaf940 A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. Robert Burton
e583b39 The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves two, all the world else is blinde. Robert Burton
ca9b30f I would help others, out of a fellow-feeling. Robert Burton
4244be4 Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses. Robert Burton