Maxioms by Sir Walter Scott
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
In listening mood she seemed to stand,
The guardian Naiad of the strand.
In listening mood she seemed to stand,
The guardian Naiad of the strand.
And honeysuckle loved to crawl
Up the low crag and ruin'd wall.
And honeysuckle loved to crawl
Up the low crag and ruin'd wall.
O Caledonia! stern and wild,
Meet nurse for a poetic child!
Land of brown heath and shaggy read more
O Caledonia! stern and wild,
Meet nurse for a poetic child!
Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,
Land of the mountain and the flood,
Land of my sires! what mortal hand
Can e'er untie the filial band,
That knits me to thy rugged strand!
