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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!
How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.
The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
