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Life is but a day at most.
Robert Burns
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Robert Burns
Age: 37 †
Born: 1759
Born: January 25
Died: 1796
Died: July 21
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Nae man can tether time or tide The hour approachesTam maun ride That hour, o'night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hourTam mounts his beast in.
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Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to victory! Now 's the day and now 's the hour See the front o' battle lour.
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Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
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Yon rosebuds in the morning-dew, how pure amang the leaves sae green!
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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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When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.
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An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!
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Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree, And spreads her sheets o'daisies white Out o'er the grassy lea.
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Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.
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The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
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For thus the royal mandate ran, When first the human race began, The social, friendly honest man, Whate'er he be, Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he!
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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I'll be merry and free, I'll be sad for nae-body If nae-body cares for me, I'll care for nae-body.
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Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.
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That hour o' night's black arch the keystane.
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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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The great Creator to revere Must sure become the creature But still the preaching cant forbear, And ev'n the rigid feature: Yet ne'er with wits profane to range Be complaisance extendedAn atheist laugh's a poor exchange For deity offended.
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I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.
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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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