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Robert Burns was a poet and songwriter widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland. This celebrated Scottish poet and lyricist was born at Alloway, near Ayr, in 1759. Burns' poem "A Red, Red Rose" is considered one of the greatest poems of all-time.


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Quote Left The great Creator to revere Must sure become the creature; But still the preaching cant forbear, And ev'n the rigid feature: Yet ne'er with wits profane to range Be complaisance extended; An atheist laugh's a poor exchange For deity offended. Quote Right
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Quote Left O would some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us.
(O would some power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us.)
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Quote Left The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'menGang aft agley. Quote Right
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Quote Left Then let us pray that come it may,— As come it will for a' that,—... Quote Right
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Quote Left Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame. Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs