John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4738 Robert Burns 1759-1796 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4738 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burns (1759–1796) |
| QUOTATION: | 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.” 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Cotter’s Saturday Night. |
| Note 1. See Fletcher, Quotation 3. [back] |