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They never sought in vain that sought the Lord alright!
Robert Burns
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Robert Burns
Age: 37 †
Born: 1759
Born: January 25
Died: 1796
Died: July 21
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Never generally means at no point in time. The term comes from the words 'no' and 'ever', meaning that something is not ever going to happen. Sourced
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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.
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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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The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.
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If there 's a hole in a' your coats, I rede ye tent it A chiel 's amang ye takin' notes, And, faith, he 'll prent it.
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Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss.
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What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
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O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
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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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Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
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Yon rosebuds in the morning-dew, how pure amang the leaves sae green!
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For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor.
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Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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Great for good, or great for evil.
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Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change.
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Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body— Need a body cry?
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