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Robert Burns Quotes about Home

To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.

To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.

Robert Burns (1852). “The life and works of Robert Burns, ed. by R. Chambers”, p.78

At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant wee-things, toddling, stacher thro' To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee.

Robert Burns (1838). “The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and Criticism on His Writings. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry”, p.40