Pane of glass from windows of the Globe Inn, Dumfries inscribed by Robert Burns
Key details
- Object number
- 3.4003.3a
- On display
- Yes
- Maker
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Object number
- 3.4003.3a
- On display
- Yes
- Maker
- Burns, Robert (Author)
Description
Pane of glass from windows of the Globe Inn, Dumfries inscribed by Robert Burns, late 18th century.
This pane of glass if from the windows of the Globe Inn, Dumfries and contain 18 lines (from his own poetry) written with a diamond by the Poet.
‘I MURDER hate by field or flood,
Tho' glory's name may screen us;
In wars at home I'll spend my blood,
Life-giving wars of Venus:
The deities that I adore
Are social Peace and Plenty;
I'm better pleased to make one more,
Than be the death of twenty.’
Robert Burns supposedly put his views into practice by conducting a love affair in the same room. Late 18th-century.
Tho' glory's name may screen us;
In wars at home I'll spend my blood,
Life-giving wars of Venus:
The deities that I adore
Are social Peace and Plenty;
I'm better pleased to make one more,
Than be the death of twenty.’
Robert Burns supposedly put his views into practice by conducting a love affair in the same room. Late 18th-century.
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