Quote #26

I was na fou, but just had plenty.

More from Robert Burns

  1. Some books are lies frae end to end.
  2. John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surprised them all.
  3. Green grow the rashes, O; Green grow the rashes, O; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend Are spent among the lasses, O.
  4. The heart benevolent and kind The most resembles God.
  5. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O: Her prentice han' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses, O.
  6. Ye're aiblins nae temptation.
  7. There's nought but care on ev'ry han', In every hour that passes, O: What signifies the life o' man, An' then she made the lasses, O.
  8. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human.

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