Clarinda, Your letter found me writing to you.-I read yours two or three times by way of welcome: by and by, I shall do it more justice. – Friday evening, about eight, expect me. – If I ca… more →
Robert Burns' Lettersrabbieburns wrote 10 months ago: Sunday noon 27th January 1788 ‘I have almost given up the excise idea.-I have been just now to … more →
rabbieburns wrote 10 months ago: 26th January 1788 I was on the way, my Love, to meet you (I never do things by halves) when I got yo … more →
rabbieburns wrote 10 months ago: ( 21st January 1788 ) * * * I am a discontented ghost a perturbed spirit. Clarinda. if ever you forg … more →
rabbieburns wrote 10 months ago: Sunday night ( 20th January 1788 ) The impertinence of fools has joined with a return of an old indi … more →
rabbieburns wrote 11 months ago: There is no time, my Clarinda, when the conscious thrilling chords of Love and Friendship give such … more →
rabbieburns wrote 11 months ago: Clarinda, Your letter found me writing to you.-I read yours two or three times by way of welcome: by … more →
rabbieburns wrote 11 months ago: Tuesday Evening That you have faults, my Clarinda, I never doubted; but I knew not where they existe … more →
rabbieburns wrote 11 months ago: Monday Even, 11 o’clock ( 14th January 1788 ) Why have I not heard from you, Clarinda!-Today I … more →
rabbieburns wrote 11 months ago: Your thoughts on Religion, Clarinda, shall be welcome—You may perhaps distrust me when I say ‘tis al … more →
rabbieburns wrote 11 months ago: Thursday noon (10th January 1788 ) I am certain I saw you, Clarinda; but you don’t look to the … more →
rabbieburns wrote 11 months ago: Tuesday night ( 8th January 1788 ) I am delighted, charming Clarinda, with your honest enthusiasm fo … more →
rabbieburns wrote 11 months ago: Saturday noon [5th January 1788) Some days, some nights, nay some hours, like the “ten righteo … more →
rabbieburns wrote 11 months ago: You are right, my dear Clarinda: a friendly correspondence goes for nothing, except one write their … more →
rabbieburns wrote 11 months ago: My dear Clarinda, Your verses, my dearest Madam, have so delighted me that I have copied them in amo … more →
rabbieburns wrote 11 months ago: Friday eve I beg your pardon, my dear “Clarinda,” for the fragment scrawl I sent you yes … more →
rabbieburns wrote 12 months ago: Your last, my dear Madam, had the effect on me that Job’s situation had on his friends, when … more →
rabbieburns wrote 1 year ago: I stretch a point indeed, my dearest Madam, when I answer your card on the rack of my present agony. … more →
rabbieburns wrote 1 year ago: St James Square No 2 I can say with truth, Madam, that I never met with a person in my life whom I m … more →
rabbieburns wrote 1 year ago: Thursday even: Madam, I had set no small store by my tea-drinking tonight, and have not often been s … more →