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 BURNSOh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
More Robert Burns Quotes
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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
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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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To step aside is human.
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To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That’s the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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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.
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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
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O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An’ foolish notion.
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The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
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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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To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!
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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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My heart ‘s in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart ‘s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.
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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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