Famous quotes containing the word burns:
“Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flowr,
Thous met me in an evil hour;
For I maun crush amang the stoure
Thy slender stem:
To spare thee now is past my powr,
Thou bonnie gem.”
—Robert Burns (17591796)
“Evn thou who mournst the Daisys fate,
That fate is thineno distant date;
Stern Ruins ploughshare drives , elate,
Full on thy bloom,
Till crushd beneath the furrows weight,
Shall be thy doom.”
—Robert Burns (17591796)
“Ye ugly, creepin, blastit wonner,
Detested, shunnd by saunt an sinner,
How dare ye set your fit upon her,
Sae fine a lady!”
—Robert Burns (17591796)
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