Maxioms by Robert Burns
I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle read more
I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
 Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes!
 My peace with these, my love with those.
  The bursting tears read more 
 Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes!
 My peace with these, my love with those.
  The bursting tears my heart declare;
   Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr. 
 He wakes a portion with judicious care;
 And "Let us worship God!" he says, with solemn air.  
 He wakes a portion with judicious care;
 And "Let us worship God!" he says, with solemn air. 
 The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn,
 And violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.  
 The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn,
 And violets bathe in the wet o' the morn. 
Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
Some wee short hour ayont the twal.