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Robert Henryson

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Also known as Robert Henrysoun

15th-century Scottish makar (poet)

Person · Open Library

Born
1425
Died
1506?
Works
43

Top works

  • The poems and fables of Robert Henryson
  • The moral fables of Aesop the Phrygian
  • The morall fabillis of Esope the Phrygian
  • Robert Henryson
  • New selected poems

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Sweden
Active from
1963-10-22
avant-garde jazzcellistclassicaljazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
2

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Quotes

  • For to be yong I wald not, for my wisOff all this warld to mak me lord et king:The more of age the nerar hevynnis blis.
  • The man that will nocht quhen he maySall haif nocht quhen he wald.
  • The nuttes schell, thocht it be hard and teuch,Haldis the kirnill, and is delectabill.Sa lyis thair ane doctrine wyse aneuch,And full of fruit, under ane fenyeit Fabill.
  • Ane Bow that is ay bentWorthis unsmart, and dullis on the string;Sa dois the mynd that is ay diligent,In ernistfull thochtis, and in studying.
  • Quha hes aneuch, of na mair hes he neid.
  • Best thing in eird, thairfoir, I say, for me,Is blyithnes in hart, with small possessioun.

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Robert Henryson, as portrayed in the Abbot House, Dunfermline.jpg
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date of birth
1425-01-01
date of death
1506-01-01
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Robert Henryson
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