Not the bee upon the blossom, In the pride o' sunny noon; Not the little sporting fairy, All beneath the simmer moon;… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission. — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Never generally means "at no point in time." The term comes from the words 'no' and 'ever', meaning that something is not… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approachesTam maun ride; That hour, o'night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hourTam… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever . . . — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Your lines, I maintain it, are poetry, and good poetry.... Friendship... had I been so blest as to have met with you… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn. — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Oh my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; Oh my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune. — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep'd in the morning dews. — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body— Need a body cry? — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
“O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!” — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
“All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn." [ Brigs of Ayr ]” — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
