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Robert Burns
Age: 37 †
Born: 1759
Born: January 25
Died: 1796
Died: July 21
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On Earth, Discord! A gloomy Heaven above, opening her jealous gates to the nineteen thousandth part of the tithe of mankind! And below, an inescapable & inexorable Hell, expanding its leviathan jaws for the vast residue of Mortals!
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Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
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While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit some attention.
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Such is the fate of simple Bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd
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Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O!
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Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!
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Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body— Need a body cry?
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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
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Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
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All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.
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My heart is sair-I dare na tell, My heart is sair for Somebody.
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It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.
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But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever. Had we never lou'd sae kindly, Had we never lou'd sae blindly, Never met - or never parted - We had ne'er been broken hearted
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Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.
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The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
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I'm truly sorry man's dominion has broken Nature's social union.
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Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change.
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