Robert Burns Quotes

O Life! thou art a galling load Along a rough a weary road to wretches such as I.

Wee sleekit cow'rin timrous beastie 0 what a panic's in thy breastie! Wi' bickering brattle!

O, wad some Power the giftie gie usTo see oursels as others see us!It wad frae monie a blunder free us,An' foolish notion.

To see her is to love her And love but her forever For Nature made her what she is And never made another.

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.

Gin a body meet a bodyComing thro' the rye,Gin a body kiss a body— Need a body cry?

Critics! Appalled I ventured on the name.Those cutthroat bandits in the paths of fame.

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.

But deep this truth impress'd my mind: Thro' all His works abroad,The heart benevolent and kindThe most resembles God.

Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion.