Zitate Robert Burns
— Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter
Quelle: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 171
„What 's done we partly may compute,
But know not what 's resisted.“
Address to the Unco Guid.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
„As Tammie glow'red, amazed, and curious,
The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.“
— Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter
Quelle: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 143
The Rights of Woman, st. 1 (1792)
My Wife's a Winsome Wee Thing, chorus (1792)
„Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty's in every blow—
Let us do or die!“
— Robert Burns, Scots Wha Hae
Scots Wha Hae, st. 5 (1794)
„An atheist-laugh's a poor exchange
For Deity offended.“
Stanza 9
Epistle to a Young Friend (1786)
„When chill November's surly blast
Made fields and forests bare.“
Man was made to Mourn.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
„I was na fou, but just had plenty.“
Death and Dr. Hornbook, st. 3 (1787)
„Now a' is done that men can do,
And a' is done in vain.“
It Was A' for Our Rightfu' King, st. 2
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1796)
A Man's A Man For A' That, st. 3-5 (1795)
„Stern Ruin's plowshare drives elate,
Full on thy bloom.“
— Robert Burns, To a Mountain Daisy
To a Mountain Daisy, st. 9 (1786)
— Robert Burns, To a Mountain Daisy
To a Mountain Daisy, st. 1 (1786)
„In durance vile here must I wake and weep,
And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep.“
Epistle from Esopus to Maria
Posthumous Pieces (1799)
„Perhaps it may turn out a sang,
Perhaps turn out a sermon.“
Stanza 1
Epistle to a Young Friend (1786)
— Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter
Quelle: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 10
„He wales a portion with judicious care;
And "Let us worship God" he says, with solemn air.“
— Robert Burns, The Cotter's Saturday Night
Stanza 12
The Cotter's Saturday Night (1786)