Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Some falls the means are happier to rise.

Some falls the means are happier to rise.

Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.

Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

Righteousness exalteth a nation.

Righteousness exalteth a nation.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]

The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]