Wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie.
A Scots language poem written by Robert Burns in 1785. According to legend, Burns was ploughing and accidentally destroyed a mouse’s nest, which it needed to survive in winter.
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The carlin claught her by the rump, and left poor Maggie scarce a stump.
Tam o’ Shanter is a narrative poem written by Robert Burns in 1870 while staying at Ellisland, Dumfries.
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O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us to see oursels as ithers see us!
Burns noticed a lady in church, with a louse roving, unnoticed by her, around in her bonnet. The poet chastises the louse for not realising how important his host is, and then reflects that, to a louse, we are all equal prey..
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O my Luve’s like a red, red rose.
A 1794 song in Scots by Robert Burns based on traditional sources. ‘My Love is like a Red, Red Rose’ is often published as a poem.
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I wis na fou, but just had plenty.
Death and Doctor Hornbrook was written in 1785 by Burns after he had listened to John Wilson, discussing his medical knowledge.
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But we hae meat and we can eat, and sae the Lord be thanket.
On a visit to St. Mary’s Isle, Burns was requested by the noble owner to say grace at dinner; he obeyed in these lines, known in Galloway by the name of ‘The Selkirk Grace’.
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