Quote #9

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

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  1. 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…
  2. The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 'Tis he fulfills great Nature's plan, And none but he!
  3. He wales a portion with judicious care; And 'Let us worship God' he says, with solemn air.
  4. On ev'ry hand it will allowed be, He's just-nae better than he should be.
  5. Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. Man was made to Mourn.
  6. It's hardly in a body's pow'r, To keep, at times, frae being sour.
  7. Nature's law, That man was made to mourn.
  8. Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven.

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