Robbie Burns

Charismatic Robbie Burns, eighteenth century Scottish poet, retains his appeal.
Followers continue to celebrate his work every January with Robbie Burns Night.

Let Not Women E'r Complain
[Some things never change! ~lw]

Let not women e'er complain
Of inconstancy in love!
Let not women e'er complain
Fickle man is apt to rove!
Look abroad thro' Nature's range,
Nature's mighty law is change:
Ladies, would it not be strange
Man should then a monster prove?

Mark the winds, and mark the skies,
Ocean's ebb and ocean's flow.
Sun and Moon but set to rise.
Round and round the seasons go.
Why then, ask of silly man
To oppose great Nature's plan?
We'll be constant, while we can ~
You can be no more, you know!

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, Collins, 1955.
(b. Jan. 25, 1759; d. July 21, 1796)