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Oh my luve’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June; Oh my luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly played in tune.

Robert Burns

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
ROBERT BURNS

Gift Ourselves Power See
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 BURNS

Fun Money Myself Name Rhyme Thinking
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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Bloom Flower Forever Happiness Moments River
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.
ROBERT BURNS

Happiness Morning Nature Wind
The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
ROBERT BURNS

Best Joy Leaving Man Pain Promise
Some books are lies frae end to end.
ROBERT BURNS

Book End Lying One Liner
Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
ROBERT BURNS

Blessing Glory King Life Victory
Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
ROBERT BURNS

Silver Wine
Nature’s law, That man was made to mourn. Man’s inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! O Death, the poor man’s dearest friend, The kindest and the best!
ROBERT BURNS

Best Count Death Humanity Kind Law Man Nature
O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
ROBERT BURNS

Heaven Myself Patriot Warm
A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
ROBERT BURNS

Integrity Meaning Mindset Performance
Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
ROBERT BURNS

Desire Learning Nature Spark
Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
ROBERT BURNS

Care Control Root Wisdom
O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
ROBERT BURNS

Life Myself Obstacle Path Road Struggle
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 BURNS

Acceptance God Hypocrisy Man Murder Shame Thankful Yourself
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
ROBERT BURNS

Philosophy Uncertain

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