Man's inhumanity to man,
Makes countless thousands mourn!

Robert Burns

Man Was Made to Mourn

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Topic

Man's cruelty to man

Author

Robert Burns

Source

Man Was Made to Mourn

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1784 1780s 18th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Burns, Robert. Man was made to Mourn: A Dirge. 1784, st. 11.

Current Citation

Burns, Robert. "Man Was Made to Mourn. A Dirge." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994, I. 11.

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But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed,
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white - then melts for ever.

Robert Burns

Tam o' Shanter

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Topic
Pleasure The ephemeral

Author

Robert Burns
Source
Tam o' Shanter
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1791 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Burns, Robert. "Tam O'Shanter." Edinburgh Herald/Edinburgh Magazine, Mar. 1791.

Current Citation

Burns, Robert. "Tam O'Shanter." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited by Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994.

Another quote from the 1780s

The real or supposed necessity of treating the Negroes with rigor gradually brings a numbness upon the heart and renders most of those who are engaged in it too indifferent to the sufferings of their fellow creatures.

John Newton

Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade

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Topic
Consequences of slavery

Author

John Newton
Source
Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade
Language
English
Time
1780 1780s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Newton, John. "Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade." Letters and Sermons. c. 1780.