Friendship Poems

Friendship Poems by Robert Burns

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Robert Burns Biography

Robert Burns, a Scottish poet and a lyricist, is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is perhaps the best known of the poets […]

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7. Ah, woe is me, my Mother dear

By Robert Burns AH, woe is me, my mother dear! A man of strife ye’ve born me: For sair contention I maun bear; They hate, revile, and scorn me. I […]

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234. A Mother’s Lament for her Son’s Death

By Robert Burns FATE gave the word, the arrow sped, And pierc’d my darling’s heart; And with him all the joys are fled Life can to me impart. By cruel […]

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O wert thou in the cauld blast

by Robert Burns O wert thou in the cauld blast On yonder lea, My plaidie to the angry airt, I’d shelter thee: Or did misfortune’s bitter storms Around thee blaw, […]

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A Red, Red Rose

by Robert Burns O my Luve ‘s like a red, red rose That ‘s newly sprung in June: O my Luve ‘s like the melodie That’s sweetly play’d in tune! […]

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Auld Lang Syne

by Robert Burns Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne! Chorus.-For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld […]

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A Bottle And Friend

by Robert Burns There’s nane that’s blest of human kind, But the cheerful and the gay, man, Fal, la, la, &c. Here’s a bottle and an honest friend! What wad […]

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