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The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O 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;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
