Robert Burns Frasi e Citazioni
Robert Burns: Frasi in inglese
“O whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad:
Tho' father and mither and a' should gae mad.”
Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad, chorus (1793)
Epistle to James Smith.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“To make a happy fireside clime
To weans and wife,—
That is the true pathos and sublime
Of human life.”
Epistle to Dr. Blacklock.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The landlady and Tam grew gracious
Wi' favours secret, sweet, and precious.”
Robert Burns Tam o' Shanter
Origine: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 47
Robert Burns Green Grow the Rashes
Green Grow the Rashes, O, st. 5 (1787)
“Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae farewell, alas, forever!”
Robert Burns Ae fond kiss, and then we sever...
Ae Fond Kiss, And Then We Sever, st. 1
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1796)
A Red, Red Rose, st. 1
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1796)
“That hour, o' night's black arch the keystane.”
Robert Burns Tam o' Shanter
Origine: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 69
“On ev'ry hand it will allowed be,
He's just—nae better than he should be.”
A Dedication to Gavin Hamilton (1786)
Stanza 6
Epistle to a Young Friend (1786)
“I'm truly sorry man's dominion
Has broken Nature's social union.”
Robert Burns To a Mouse
To a Mouse, st. 2 (1785)
“And like a passing thought, she fled
In light away.”
The Vision.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“O life! thou art a galling load,
Along a rough, a weary road,
To wretches such as I!”
Despondency.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Ode on Mrs. Oswald.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Robert Burns Green Grow the Rashes
Green Grow the Rashes, O, chorus (1787)
Robert Burns Green Grow the Rashes
Green Grow the Rashes, O, st. 1 (1787)
“John Barleycorn got up again,
And sore surprised them all.”
Robert Burns John Barleycorn
John Barleycorn, st. 3 (1787)
“If naebody care for me,
I'll care for naebody.”
I Hae a Wife o' my Ain (1788)
Robert Burns Highland Mary
Highland Mary, st. 2 (1792)
“But, oh! fell death's untimely frost,
That nipt my flower sae early.”
Robert Burns Highland Mary
Highland Mary, st. 3 (1792)
“Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire,
That's a' the learning I desire.”
First Epistle to J. Lapraik, st. 13 (1786)
“The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.”
Robert Burns Tam o' Shanter
Origine: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 50
“We twa hae run about the braes,
And pu'd the gowans fine.”
Auld Lang Syne.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
It Was A' for Our Rightfu' King, st. 3
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1796)
Second Epistle to J. Lapraik, st. 15 (1786).
Robert Burns The Cotter's Saturday Night
Stanza 19
The Cotter's Saturday Night (1786)
Robert Burns Tam o' Shanter
Origine: Tam o' Shanter (1790), Line 43
