The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a’ that! For a’ that, an’ a’ that. Our toils obscure an’ a’ that, The rank is but the guinea’s stamp, The Man’s the gowd for a’ that. What …
Robert Burns. 1759 –. 1796. Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an’ a’ that; The coward slave—we pass him by, We dare be poor for a’ that! For a’ that, an’ a’ that. Our toils …
Also known by its first line, ‘Is There for Honest Poverty’, ‘A Man’s a Man for A’ That’ (i.e. ‘for all that’) laments the fact that equality does not exist among men. The poem ends with the …
6 Our toils obscure, an' a' that; 7 The rank is but the guinea's stamp; 8 The man's the gowd for a' that, 9 What tho' on hamely fare we dine, 10 Wear hoddin-gray, an' a' that; 11 Gie fools their …
34 As come it will for a' that, 35 That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, 36 May bear the gree, an' a' that. 37 For a' that, an' a' that, 38 It's coming yet, for a' that, 39 That man to man, the warld …
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