While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of Empires and the fall of Kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit some attention. The Scottish Bard? Born a farmer& son, Robert Burns life growing up among the ordinary people of Scotland meant he could write about nature and hardship as well as love and family. He could speak to the common people with his writing, and he did so in way that continues to resonate today. Burns is generally considered Scotland's national poet, his face featured on banknotes and a national day held in his honour on the 25th of January each year. And at New Year all over the world, his poem 'Auld Lang Syne', a sincere expression of friendship is sung passionately. Burns always sided with the common folk, using humour and small subjects to express big ideas, often inspiring others on the way.