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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 Then let us pray that come it may,— As come it will for a' that,—... Quote Right
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Quote Left The soger frae the wars returns, The sailor frae the main,... Quote Right
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Quote Left I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission. Quote Right
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Quote Left Their sighing , canting , grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces. Quote Right
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