Quote #42

But, oh! fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower sae early.

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  1. The golden Hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my Dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary.
  2. O whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad: Tho' father and mither and a' should gae mad.
  3. She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a lo'esome wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine.
  4. If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it; A chield's aman you takin' notes, And faith he'll prent it.
  5. While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, …
  6. Some hae meat and cann eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit.
  7. Suspense is worse than disappointment.
  8. O Mary, at thy window be! It is the wished, the trysted hour.

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