Allan Ramsay (poet)

Scottish poet

Allan Ramsay (15 October 1686 – 7 January 1758) was a Scottish poet (or makar), playwright, publisher, librarian and impresario of early Enlightenment Edinburgh.

A 1722 portrait of Allan Ramsay by William Aikman.

Quotes

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A Book of Quotations, Proverbs and Household Words (1914)

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W. Guerney Benham, A Book of Quotations, Proverbs and Household Words (1914), p. 262
  • Let fowk bode weel, and strive to do their best;
    Nae mair's required—let Heaven make out the rest.
    • The Gentle Shepherd. Act 1, 2.
  • A bleezing ingle, and a clean hearthstane.
    • The Gentle Shepherd. Act 1, 2.
  • A dish of married love right soon grows cauld.
    • The Gentle Shepherd. Act 1, 2.
  • You have sae saft a voice and slid a tongue,
    You are the darling of baith auld and young.
    • Eclogue.
  • For when I dinna clearly see,
    I always own I dinna ken,
    And that's the way with wisest men.
    • Eclogue.
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