And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.

Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.

A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.

At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more

At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

I will be correspondent to command.

I will be correspondent to command.

Take heed lest you stumble.

Take heed lest you stumble.