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My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
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!
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Go West, young man! Go West.
