Maxioms by Robert Burns
Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
Misled by Fancy's meteor-ray,
By passion driven;
But yet the light that led astray,
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Misled by Fancy's meteor-ray,
By passion driven;
But yet the light that led astray,
Was light from Heaven.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
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Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
And foolish notion.
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.