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An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!

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Robert Burns
Age: 37 †
Born: 1759
Born: January 25
Died: 1796
Died: July 21
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I'm truly sorry man's dominion has broken Nature's social union.
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Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
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Not the bee upon the blossom, In the pride o' sunny noon Not the little sporting fairy, All beneath the simmer moon Not the poet, in the moment Fancy lightens in his e'e, Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture, That thy presence gi'es to me.
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How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
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The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.
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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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And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night Lest in temptation's path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.
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Affliction's sons are brothers in distress A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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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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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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Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us
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Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O!
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