Robert Burns Quotes
We came not here to view your works In hopes to be more wise, But only, lest we go to Hell, It may be no surprise.
Robert Burns, 1759-1796, Scottish Poet, Poem he wrote when he first saw a factory of the industrial revolution, Carron Iron Works, 1787
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Robert Burns, also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest.
