Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
ROBERT BURNSHere’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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Some rhyme a neebor’s name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu’ cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An’ raise a din; For me, an aim I never fash; I rhyme for fun.
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Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep’d in the morning dews.
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My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav’n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!
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A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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Anticipation forward points the view.
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Oh my luve’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June; Oh my luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly played in tune.
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Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed.
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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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The trout in yonder wimpling burn – That glides, a silver dart, – And, safe beneath the shady thorn, – Defies the anglers art.
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The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
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An honest man here lies at rest, the friend of man the friend of truth the friend of age and guide of youth. Few hearts like his with virtue warmed, few heads with knowledge so informed. If there’s another world, he lives in bliss. If there is none, he made the best of this.
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There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; Love’s the cloudless summer sun, Nature gay adorning.
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