Robert Burns Monument in Stanley Park

Robert Burns (25 January 1759 — 21 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire and various other names, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest.
He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism, and a cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish diaspora around the world. Celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19^th and 20^th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature. In 2009 he was chosen as the greatest Scot by the Scottish public in a vote run by Scottish television channel STV.
As well as making original compositions, Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland, often revising or adapting them. His poem (and song) «Auld Lang Syne» is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year), and «Scots Wha Hae» served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country. Other poems and songs of Burns that remain well known across the world today include «A Red, Red Rose»; «A Man’s a Man for A’ That»; «To a Louse»; «To a Mouse»; «The Battle of Sherramuir»; «Tam o’ Shanter»; and «Ae Fond Kiss».

Robert Burns — Scotland’s favourite son.
Known and loved around the world. This monument in Vancouver’s Stanley Park was unveiled in 1928 by a former British Prime Minister. It is one of several monuments to Robert Burns in Canada, all of them replicas of the original by George Lawson, which is found in Ayre, Scotland, which was erected in 1891. The original was so popular that copies were made for places around the world, including a smaller sized one placed in the Sorbonne in Paris, that was hidden during the Nazi occupation in 1941.
As noted on the plaque:
This memorial was rededicated on the 200^th
anniversary of the bard’s death by the
Burns Club of Vancouver
21 July, 1996
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«Then let us pray that come it may
(as comit it will for a’that)…
that man to man, the world o’er
shall brithers be for a’ that.»