Dear Myra, the captive ribband's mine,
'Twas all my faithful love could gain;
And would you ask me to resign
The sole reward that crowns my pain?
(The Captive Ribband)
More Quotes from Robert Burns:
Ah, gentle dames it gars me greet To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises.Robert Burns
A fig for those by law protected Liberty's a glorious feast Courts for cowards were erected Churches built to please the priest.
Robert Burns
Awa ye selfish, war'ly race,
Wha think that havins, sense, an' grace,
Ev'n love an' friendship should give place
To catch-the-plack!
Robert Burns
Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
Robert Burns
From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, 'An honest man 's the noblest work of God.'
Robert Burns
Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to victory Now 's the day and now 's the hour See the front o' battle lour.
Robert Burns
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