But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it’s bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.
ROBERT BURNSMy Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.
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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And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation’s path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.
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I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed.
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O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
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Nae man can tether time or tide.
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor. … Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
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And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
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The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church’s ban Or hell’s damnation.
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Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
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Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
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