When chill November's surly bl...

When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare.

Beneath the milk-white thorn t...

Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
from the poem
The Cotter's Saturday Night.

Prudent, cautious self-control...

Prudent, cautious self-control Is wisdom's root.

Morality, thou deadly bane,Thy...

Morality, thou deadly bane,Thy tens o' thousands thou has slain!

Now's the day and now's the ho...

Now's the day and now's the hour.

And O! be sure to fear the Lor...

And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation's path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.

Nae man can tether time or tid...

Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approachesTam maun ride; That hour, o'night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hourTam mounts his beast in.

Oh would some power the gift g...

Oh would some power the gift give us,
to see ourselves as others see us!

Suspicion is a heavy armor and...

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

The wide world is all before u...

The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.

The snowdrop and primrose our ...

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

Affliction's sons are brothers...

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

O Life! thou art a galling loa...

O Life! thou art a galling load,
Along a rough, a weary road,
To wretches such as I!

O, Life! how pleasant is thy m...

O, Life! how pleasant is thy morning,
Young Fancy's rays the hills adorning!
Cold pausing Caution's lesson scorning,
We frisk away,
Like schoolboys, at the expected warning,
To joy and play.

Life is but a day at most....

Life is but a day at most.

To see her is to love her,

To see her is to love her,
And love but her forever;
For nature made her what she is,
And never made anither!

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The wisest man the warl' e'er ...

The wisest man the warl' e'er saw,
He dearly loved the lasses, O.

The golden hours on angel wing...

The golden hours on angel wings
Flew o'er me and my dearie,
For dear to me as light and life
Was my sweet Highland Mary.

Oh my luve's like a red, red r...

Oh my luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June;
Oh my luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly played in tune.

What is life, when wanting lov...

What is life, when wanting love?
Night without a morning;
Love's the cloudless summer sun,
Nature gay adorning.