Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.

Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.

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.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

The more they drink the more they thirst.

The more they drink the more they thirst.

He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.

He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.

No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.