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But deep this truth impressed my mind — Thro' all his works abroad, The heart benevolent and kind The 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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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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Anticipation forward points the view.
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Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.
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Such is the fate of simple Bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd
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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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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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God knows, I'm not the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be, But twenty times I rather would be An atheist clean, Than under gospel colours hid be Just for a screen.
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How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
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