The trout in yonder wimpling burn – That glides, a silver dart, – And, safe beneath the shady thorn, – Defies the anglers art.
ROBERT BURNSThe snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever.
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Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.
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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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It ‘s guid to be merry and wise, It ‘s guid to be honest and true, It ‘s guid to support Caledonia’s cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.
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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed.
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The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
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Nae man can tether time or tide.
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
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My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav’n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!
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Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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God knows, I’m no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.
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A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.
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