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Don't let the awkward squad fire over me.
Contented wi' little and cantie wi' mair.
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787)
O life! thou art a galling load,
Along a rough, a weary road,
To wretches such as I!
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to min'?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o' auld lang syne?
What can a young lassie, what shall a young lassie,
What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man?
What can a Young Lassie do wi' an Auld Man (1792)
As Tammie glow'red, amazed, and curious,
The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.
Tam o' Shanter (1790)
A gaudy dress and gentle air
May slightly touch the heart;
But it's innocence and modesty
that polished the dart.
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787)
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft a-gley,
And leave us nought but grief and pain,
For promised joy.
To a Mouse (1785)
The wan moon sets behind the white wave,
And time is setting with me, Oh.
The wide world is all before us—
But a world without a friend.
Strathallan's Lament; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)
Now a' is done that men can do,
And a' is done in vain.
Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787)
What is life, when wanting love?
Night without a morning;
Love's the cloudless summer sun,
Nature gay adorning.
But, oh! fell death's untimely frost,
That nipt my flower sae early.
My muse, though homely in attire,
May touch the heart.
Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty's in every blow—
Let us do or die!
The voice of Nature loudly cries,
And many a message from the skies,
That something in us never dies.
Their sighan', cantan', grace-proud faces,
Their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces.
To the Rev. John M'Math (1808)
His locked, lettered, braw brass collar,
Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.
The Twa Dogs (1786)
His lockèd, lettered, braw brass collar
Showed him the gentleman an' scholar.
Here, some are thinkin' on their sins,
An' some upo' their claes.