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Know, prudent cautious self-control Is wisdom's root. - [Proverbs] Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion, Round the wealthy bride; But when compar'd with real passion Poor is all that pride,-- What are their showy treasures? What are their noisy pleasures?-- The gay, gaudy glare of vanity and art-- The polish 'd jewels blaze May draw the wond'ring gaze, But never, never can come near the worthy heart. - [Fashion] Nae man can tether time nor tide. - [Proverbs] Not the poet in the moment Fancy lightens on his e'e, Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture, That thy presence gies to me. - [Rapture] O death! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the best! Welcome the hour, my aged limbs Are laid with thee at rest! - [Death] O doul on the day that gae me an old man. - [Proverbs] O man! while in thy early years, How prodigal of time, Misspending all thy precious hours, Thy glorious youthful prime! Alternate follies take the sway; Licentious passions burn; Which tenfold force give nature's law, That man was made to mourn. - [Man] Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care, A burden more than I can bear, I sit me down and sigh; O, life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I. - [Grief] Painters and poets have liberty to lie. - [Painting] Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives elate, Full on thy bloom. - [Ruins] Suspense is worst than disappointment. - [Suspense] Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither; They had been fou for weeks thegither. - [Proverbs] The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end, But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend? Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light; So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight. - [Proverbs] The heart aye's the part aye That makes us right or wrang. - [Heart] The life blood streaming thro' my heart, Or my more dear immortal part, Is not more fondly dear. - [Proverbs] Then crowned with flowery hay, came real joy, and summer, with his fervid-beaming eye. - [Summer] They dazzle our eyes as they fly to our hearts. - [Charm] Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare. - [Proverbs] To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honor. Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. - [Fortune] To make three guineas do the work of five. - [Economy] To step aside is human. - [Mistake] Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. - [Daisies] Who made the heart, 'tis He alone, Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord--its various tone Each spring its various bias: Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. - [Heart] Ye tiny elves, that guiltless sport, Like linnets in the bush, Ye little know the ill ye court, When manhood is your wish! The losses, the crosses, That active men engage; The fears all, the tears all, Of dim declining age. - [Boyhood] Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing; I sat, but neither heard nor saw. - [Proverbs] Displaying page 2 of 7 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 [2] 3 4 5 6 7
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