Ae fond kiss, and then we severA farewell, and then foreverDeep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,While the star of hope she leaves himMe, nae cheerful twinkle lights me,Dark despair around benights me.

Robert Burns

Oh would some power the gift give us, by Robert Burns

Oh would some power the gift give us,

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While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit some attention.

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Now's the day and now's the hour. by Robert Burns

Now's the day and now's the hour.

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The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

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A women can make an average man great, and a great man average. by Robert Burns

A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.

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Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, by Robert Burns

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire,

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My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's i... by Robert Burns

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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An honest man here lies at rest, the friend of man the friend of truth the friend of age and guide of youth. Few hearts like his with virtue warmed, few heads with knowledge so informed. If there's another world, he lives in bliss. If there is none, he made the best of this.

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Life is but a day at most. by Robert Burns

Life is but a day at most.

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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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Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto! by Robert Burns

Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!

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I love drinking now and then. It defecates the standing pool of thought. A man perpetually in the paroxysm and fears of inebriety is like a half-drowned stupid wretch condemned to labor unceasingly in water; but a now-and-then tribute to Bacchus is like the cold bath, bracing and invigorating.

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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing. by Robert Burns

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

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Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit.

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Dare to be honest and fear no labor. by Robert Burns

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

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Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more th... by Robert Burns

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

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Painters and poets have liberty to lie. by Robert Burns

Painters and poets have liberty to lie.

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Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn! by Robert Burns

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root. by Robert Burns

Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.

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My love is like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June: My love is like the melody That's sweetly played in tune. How fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in love am I; And I will love thee still, my dear, Till all the seas gang dry. Till all the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt with the sun; I will love thee still, my dear, While the sands of life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only love. And fare thee weel awhile! And I will come again, my love, Though it were ten thousand mile.

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