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“The golden Hours on angel wings
Flew o'er me and my Dearie;
For dear to me as light and life
Was my sweet Highland Mary.”

Robert Burns Highland Mary

Highland Mary, st. 2 (1792)

“But, oh! fell death's untimely frost,
That nipt my flower sae early.”

Robert Burns Highland Mary

Highland Mary, st. 3 (1792)

“Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire,
That's a' the learning I desire.”

First Epistle to J. Lapraik, st. 13 (1786)

“The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.”

Robert Burns Tam o' Shanter

Source: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 50

“We twa hae run about the braes,
And pu'd the gowans fine.”

Auld Lang Syne.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“He turn'd him right and round about
Upon the Irish shore;
And gae his bridle reins a shake,
With adieu forevermore,
My dear—
And adieu forevermore!”

It Was A' for Our Rightfu' King, st. 3
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1796)

“For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne!”

Auld Lang Syne, chorus (1788)

“The social, friendly, honest man,
Whate'er he be,
'Tis he fulfills great Nature's plan,
And none but he!”

Second Epistle to J. Lapraik, st. 15 (1786).

“From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs,
That makes her loved at home, revered abroad:
Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,
"An honest man's the noblest work of God."”

Robert Burns The Cotter's Saturday Night

Stanza 19
The Cotter's Saturday Night (1786)

“His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony:
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither—
They had been fou for weeks thegither.”

Robert Burns Tam o' Shanter

Source: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 43

“Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.”

Robert Burns Tam o' Shanter

Source: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 57

“The heart benevolent and kind
The most resembles God.”

A Winter Night (1787)

“Misled by fancy's meteor ray,
By passion driven;
But yet the light that led astray
Was light from heaven.”

The Vision, II, st. 18 (1786)

“Inspiring bold John Barleycorn!
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
Wi' usquabae, we'll face the devil!”

Robert Burns Tam o' Shanter

Source: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 105

“Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet
To think how monie counsels sweet,
How monie lengthened, sage advices,
The husband frae the wife despises!”

Robert Burns Tam o' Shanter

Source: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 33.

“Nae man can tether time or tide.”

Robert Burns Tam o' Shanter

Source: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 67

“His lockèd, lettered, braw brass collar
Showed him the gentleman an' scholar.”

The Twa Dogs, st. 3 (1786)

“John Anderson, my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
Your bonie brow was brent;
But now your brow is beld, John,
Your locks are like the snaw,
But blessings on your frosty pow,
John Anderson, my jo!”

John Anderson, My Jo, st. 1
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1796)

“An' there began a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.”

The Twa Dogs, st. 6 (1786)

“The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.
For a' that an a' that.”

A Man's A Man For A' That, st. 1 (1795)