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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.

Robert Burns

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Robert Burns
Age: 37 †
Born: 1759
Born: January 25
Died: 1796
Died: July 21
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Humid seal of soft affections, Tend'rest pledge of future bliss, Dearest tie of young connections, Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss.
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All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.
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The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.
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Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven.
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To see her is to love her, And love but her forever For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!
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Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
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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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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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Here's to us, who's like us Damn few, and they're all dead.
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.
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An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
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To make three guineas do the work of five.
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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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Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever . . .
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