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Quotes from Tam o' Shanter — Robert Burns

1759–1796 Scotland

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15 quotes

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

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Nae man can tether time or tide.

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Where sits our sulky, sullen dame,
Gathering her brows like gathering storm,
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.

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That hour, o' night's black arch the keystane.

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As Tammie glow'red, amazed, and curious,
The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.

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The landlady and Tam grew gracious
Wi' favours secret, sweet, and precious.

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

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

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But pleasures are like poppies spread;
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white—then melts forever.

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

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Tam tint his reason a' thegither,
And roars out — "Weel done, Cutty-sark!"

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Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.

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The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.

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Ah, Tam! Ah! Tam! Thou'll get thy fairin!
In hell they'll roast you like a herrin!

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Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn,
That while a lassie she had worn,
In longitude tho' sorely scanty,
It was her best, and she was vauntie.

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Burns (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.