Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks To murder men and gie God thanks Desist for shame, proceed no further God won’t accept your thanks for murder.
ROBERT BURNSMy heart ‘s in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart ‘s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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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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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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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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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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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.
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Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
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Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
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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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And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
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A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.
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I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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