James Drummond Burns

14 quotes

Biography

James Drummond Burns was a Scottish presbyterian minister and poet.

"Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die."

James Drummond Burns

"Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!"

James Drummond Burns

"The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley And leave us nought but grief and pain For promised joy."

James Drummond Burns

"Gin a body meets a body Comin' through the rye. Gin a body kiss a body Need a body cry?"

James Drummond Burns

"O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us!"

James Drummond Burns

"Should auld acquaintances be forgot And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot And days o'auld lang syne?"

James Drummond Burns

"I have been dying for twenty years now I am going to live."

James Drummond Burns

"Oh my luve's like a red red rose That's newly sprung in June Oh my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune."

James Drummond Burns

"Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!"

James Drummond Burns

"In durance vile here must I wake and weep And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep."

James Drummond Burns

"Some hae meat and canna eat And some wad eat that want it But we hae meat and we can eat And sae the Lord be thankit."

James Drummond Burns

"Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion."

James Drummond Burns

"She is a winsome wee thing She is a handsome wee thing She is a bonny wee thing This sweet wee wife o' mine."

James Drummond Burns

"And let us mind faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair."

James Drummond Burns