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Poems, Songs, and Letters: Being the Complete Works of Robert Burns

Poems, Songs, and Letters: Being the Complete Works of Robert Burns is a comprehensive compilation that brings together the extensive literary output of Robert Burns, a celebrated figure in Scottish literature. The book features a diverse range of his poetic and lyrical works, as well as his personal correspondence, providing insight into his creative process and personal life. more

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Robert Burns
Robert Burns

Robert Burns, born on January 25, 1759, and died on July 21, 1796, was a renowned Scottish poet. Known for his accessible poetry style and profound social criticism, Burns' works cover a wide range of themes, including love, nature, and the lives of the working people. more

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“I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expect everything of the universe, and is disappointed when anything is less than the best, and I found that I begin at the other extreme, expecting nothing, and am always full of thanks for moderate good. . . . If we will take the good we find, . . . we shall have heaping measures. . . .”

“A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?" holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me.''”