Robert Burns Quotes about Life
'Robert Bruce's March to Bannockburn' (1799) (also known as 'Scots, Wha Hae')
'Bonnie Lesley' (1798)
Robert Burns, “Written In Friars' Carse Hermitage (Second Version)”
If there's another world, he lives in bliss; if there is none, he made the best of this.
Robert Burns (1822). “The Poems of Robert Burns ...”, p.21
Robert Burns, Hamilton PAUL (1819). “The Poems & Songs of Robert Burns, with a Life of the Author ... To which is Subjoined, an Appendix, Consisting of a Panegyrical Ode, and a Demonstration of Burns' Superiority to Every Other Poet as a Writer of Songs, by the Rev. Hamilton Paul”, p.223
The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
Robert Burns (1860). “Poems & Songs”, p.117
'A Red Red Rose' (1796) (derived from various folk-songs)
1789 'Highland Mary', stanza 2.
O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart, James Currie (1835). “The works of Robert Burns: containing his life, by John Lockhart, esq. ; the poetry and correspondence of Dr. Currie's edition ; biographical sketches of the poet by himself, Gilbert Burns, Professor Stewart, and others”, p.32
To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
Robert Burns (1852). “The life and works of Robert Burns, ed. by R. Chambers”, p.78
Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.
'Tam o' Shanter' (1791) l. 57
Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart, James Currie (1835). “The works of Robert Burns: containing his life, by John Lockhart, esq. ; the poetry and correspondence of Dr. Currie's edition ; biographical sketches of the poet by himself, Gilbert Burns, Professor Stewart, and others”, p.18
