Quotation by Robert Burns

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!"
Robert Burns (1759–1796), Scottish poet. The Cotter's Saturday Night (l. 163–166). . .

Family Book of Best Loved Poems, The. David L. George, ed. (1952) Doubleday & Company.
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