To the Immortal Memory of Robert Burns...

[macwilkin]

On this 247th anniversary of the birth of Scotland's National Bard, Robert Burns, let me join in his wish:

Then let us pray that come it may
As come it will for a' that,
That Sense and Worth o'er a' the earth,
Shall bear the gree an a' that.
For a' that, an a' that,
It's comin yet for a' that,
That man to man, the world, o'er
Shall brithers be for a' that.

-- "A Man's a Man for a' that"

Let the toast today be:

"To the Immortal Memory of Robert Burns!"

A last request, permit me here,
When yearly ye assemble a',
One round, I ask it with a tear,
To him, the Bard, that's far awa'.

And, for your perusal, a web page from the National Library of Scotland about RB:

http://www.nls.uk/burns/

Slainte!

Todd