Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) known familiarly as
Rabbie BurnsLike his father, Burns was a tenant farmer.
However, toward the end of his life he became
an excise collector in Dumfries, where he died in 1796
Scottish poet and a farmer, Rabbie Burns, filled with spontaneity
Was both a farmer and a poet, able to curse openly
With good grammar in English, French, and Latin
His first poem was written for a girl he met,
Written in the “light Scots dialect”
By romantic pioneer,
In 1774, he swore
He Oonce louved a bonnie lass!
Poem for Nelly..
O Once I lov’d a bonnie lass,
An’ aye I love her still,
An’ whilst that virtue warms my breast,
I’ll love my handsome Nell.
As bonnie lasses I hae seen,
And mony full as braw;
But for a modest gracefu’ mein,
The like I never saw.
A bonny lass I will confess,
Is pleasant to the e’e,
But without some better qualities
She’s no a lass for me.
But Nelly’s looks are blythe and sweet,
And what is best of a’,
Her reputation is compleat,
And fair without a flaw;
She dresses ay sae clean and neat,
Both decent and genteel;
And then there’s something in her gait
Gars ony dress look weel.
A gaudy dress and gentle air
May slightly touch the heart,
But it’s innocence and modesty
That polishes the dart.
‘Tis this in Nelly pleases me,
‘Tis this enchants my soul;
For absolutely in my breast
She reigns without controul.Mary Campbell : .
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All for the love of poetry
Aye, haye's a roydin' soyde saddle... drounk as a skounk and twoice as ferayle !
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