When Nature her great masterpiece designed,And framed her last, best work, the human mind,Her eye intent on all the wondrous plan,She formed of various stuff the various Man.
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A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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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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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
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She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o’ mine.
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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
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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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And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation’s path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.
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Anticipation forward points the view.
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Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.
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