Quotes from The Cotter's Saturday Night — Robert Burns
1759–1796 Scotland
11 quotes
Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
The Cotter's Saturday Night (1786)
Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new.
The Cotter's Saturday Night (1786)
Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
The Cotter's Saturday Night (1786)
The halesome parritch, chief o Scotia's food.
The Cotter's Saturday Night (1786)
Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through
To meet their dad, wi flichterin noise and glee.
The Cotter's Saturday Night (1786)
The sire turns o'er, wi patriarchal grace,
The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride.
The Cotter's Saturday Night (1786)
Perhaps Dundee's wild-warbling measures rise,
Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name.
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The Cotter's Saturday Night (1786)
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He wales a portion with judicious care;
And "Let us worship God" he says, with solemn air.
The Cotter's Saturday Night (1786)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Burns (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.