“A Man’s a Man For a’ That”<\/p>\n
“Is there for honest poverty
\nThat hings his head an’ a’ that?
\nThe coward slave, we pass him by-
\nWe dare be poor for a’ that!
\nFor a’ that, an’ a’ that!
\nOur toils obscure, an’ a’ that,
\nThe rank is but the guinea’s stamp,
\nThe man’s the gowd for a’ that.<\/p>\n
What though on hamely fare we dine,
\nWear hodden grey, an’ a’ that?
\nGie fools their silks, and knaves their wine
\na man’ a man for a’ that.
\nFor a’ that, an a’ that,
\nTheir tinsel show, an a’ that.
\nThe honest man, though e’er sae poor,
\nIs king o’ men for a’ that.<\/p>\n
Ye see yon birkie ca’d ‘a lord’,
\nWha struts, an’ stares an’ a’ that?
\nThough hundreds worship at his word,
\nHe’s but a coof for a’ that.
\nFor a’ that, an a’ that,
\nHis ribband, star, an’ a’ that,
\nThe man o’ independent mind,
\nHe looks and laughs at a’ that.<\/p>\n
A prince can mak a belted knight,
\nA marquis, duke, an’ a’ that!
\nBut an honest man’s aboon his might-
\nGuid faith, he mauna fa’ that!
\nFor a’ that, an’ a’ that,
\nTheir dignities, an’ a’ that
\nThe pith o’ sense an’ pride o’ worth
\nAre higher rank than a’ that.<\/p>\n
Then let us pray that come it may-
\n[As come it will for a’ that]-
\nThat Sense and Worth o’er a’ the earth
\nShall bear the gree an’ a’ that!
\nFor a’ that an’ a’ that,
\nIt’ coming yet for a’ that,
\nThat Man to Man the world o’er
\nShall brithers be for a’ that”.
\n Robert Burns<\/p>\n
Feel the Burns.
\nIslander<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“A Man’s a Man For a’ That” “Is there for honest poverty That hings his head an’ a’ that? The coward slave, we pass him by- We dare be poor for a’ that! For a’ that, an’ a’ that! Our toils obscure, an’ a’ that, The rank is but the guinea’s stamp, The man’s the … Continue reading “Burns”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-362","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}