“Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o’ the puddin-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o’ a grace
As lang’s my arm.”Address to a Haggis by Robert Burns
![[Portrait of Robert Burns, Ayr, Scotland] (LOC)](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3449543485_ccac6627ca_t.jpg)
Tonight is Burns Night, a celebration of the life and poetry of the Scottish poet Robert Burns.
Haggis, tatties and neeps anyone?
Photos from Nine Live Photography, Cap’n Hef, CasaDeQueso, suza_phone, werewegian and The Library of Congress.