7 Quotes by Robert Burns about poetry
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Some hae meat and canna eat,And some wad eat that want it,But we hae meat and we can eat,And sae the Lord be thankit.
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Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
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O wad some Power the giftie gie usTo see oursels as ithers see us!It wad frae mony a blunder free us,An' foolish notion:What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us,An' ev'n devotion!
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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.
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There’s ither poets, much your betters,Far seen in Greek, deep men o’ letters,Hae thought they had ensur’d their debtors,A’ future ages;Now moths deform in shapeless tatters,Their unknown pages.
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Fortune, if thou’ll but gie me stillHale breeks, a scone, an whisky gill,An’ rowth o’ rhyme to rave at will,Take a’ the rest,An’ deal’t about as thy blind skillDirects thee best.
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Just now I've taen the fit o' rhyme / My barmie noddle's working prime.
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