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The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.

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Robert Burns
Age: 37 †
Born: 1759
Born: January 25
Died: 1796
Died: July 21
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Scotland's favourite son
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There's some are fou o' love divine There's some are fou o' brandy.
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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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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
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Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises.
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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.
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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Beauty's of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
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They never sought in vain that sought the Lord alright!
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Some books are lies frae end to end.
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Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.
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My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!
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Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us
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Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!
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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.
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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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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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As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.
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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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