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Nature's law, That man was made to mourn.
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The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy.
Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. Man was made to Mourn.
I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken Nature's social union.
He wales a portion with judicious care; And 'Let us worship God' he says, with solemn air.
Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle!
From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath o…
Beauty's of a fading nature Has a season and is gone!
Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.
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