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Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
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!
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
