“O whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad:
Tho' father and mither and a' should gae mad.”
Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad, chorus (1793)
New Year's Day, st. 3 (1790)
Epistle to James Smith.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“To make a happy fireside clime
To weans and wife,—
That is the true pathos and sublime
Of human life.”
Epistle to Dr. Blacklock.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The landlady and Tam grew gracious
Wi' favours secret, sweet, and precious.”
Source: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 47
Green Grow the Rashes, O, st. 5 (1787)
“Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae farewell, alas, forever!”
Ae Fond Kiss, And Then We Sever, st. 1
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1796)
A Red, Red Rose, st. 1
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1796)
“That hour, o' night's black arch the keystane.”
Source: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 69
“On ev'ry hand it will allowed be,
He's just—nae better than he should be.”
A Dedication to Gavin Hamilton (1786)
Stanza 6
Epistle to a Young Friend (1786)
“I'm truly sorry man's dominion
Has broken Nature's social union.”
To a Mouse, st. 2 (1785)
“And like a passing thought, she fled
In light away.”
The Vision.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“O life! thou art a galling load,
Along a rough, a weary road,
To wretches such as I!”
Despondency.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Ode on Mrs. Oswald.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Green Grow the Rashes, O, chorus (1787)