Quote #8

From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, 'An honest man's the noblest work of God.'

More from Robert Burns

  1. He wales a portion with judicious care; And 'Let us worship God' he says, with solemn air.
  2. Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.
  3. Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. Man was made to Mourn.
  4. The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 'Tis he fulfills great Nature's plan, And none but he!
  5. Nature's law, That man was made to mourn.
  6. On ev'ry hand it will allowed be, He's just-nae better than he should be.
  7. The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy.
  8. It's hardly in a body's pow'r, To keep, at times, frae being sour.

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