Maxioms by Sir Walter Scott
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!
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
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.
