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The present moment is our ain,
The neist we never saw!

— William Julius Mickle The Mariner's Wife (1769)

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When nature's happiest touch could add no more,
Heaven lent an angel's beauty to her face.

None but a poet can translate a poet.

The Lusiad; Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem (1776)

The best of parents blest my younger days;
What others teach with frowns, they taught with praise.

For there's nae luck about the house,
There's nae luck at a';
There's little pleasure in the house
When our gudeman's awa'.

The Mariner's Wife (1769)

But are ye sure the news is true—
And are ye sure he's weel?
Is this a time to think o' wark?—
Ye jades, fling by your wheel!

The Mariner's Wife (1769)

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