318 Quotes by Robert Burns

The trout in yonder wimpling burn - That glides, a silver dart, - And, safe beneath the shady thorn, - Defies the anglers art...

Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven.

Nature's law, That man was made to mourn. Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! O Death, the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the best!

All my fears and cares are of this world; if there is another, an honest man has nothing to fear from it.

Just now I've taen the fit o' rhyme / My barmie noddle's working prime.

Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu' cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An' raise a din; For me, an aim I never fash; I rhyme for fun.

As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.

Here's to us, who's like us Damn few, and they're all dead.

Your lines, I maintain it, are poetry, and good poetry.... Friendship... had I been so blest as to have met with you in time, might have led me - God of love only knows where.