Life is but a day at most.
ROBERT BURNS
ROBERT BURNS
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The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns 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.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns God knows, I’m no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The golden hours on angel wings Flew o’er me and my dearie, For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
Robert BurnsRobert Burns There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Now’s the day and now’s the hour.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Some books are lies frae end to end.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns It ‘s guid to be merry and wise, It ‘s guid to be honest and true, It ‘s guid to support Caledonia’s cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That’s the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
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Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
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