And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
ROBERT BURNSThe best plans of men and mice often go awry.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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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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Anticipation forward points the view.
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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
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Now’s the day and now’s the hour.
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The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
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To step aside is human.
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The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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Some books are lies frae end to end.
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I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
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There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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