Not the bee upon the blossom, ...

Not the bee upon the blossom, In the pride o' sunny noon; Not the little sporting fairy, All beneath the simmer moon; Not the poet, in the moment Fancy lightens in his e'e, Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture, That thy presence gi'es to me.

I'm truly sorry man's dominion...

I'm truly sorry man's dominion has broken Nature's social union.

The heart and benevolent and k...

The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.

Then gently scan your brother ...

Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human.

By Oppression's woes and pains...

By Oppression's woes and pains! By your sons in servile chains! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free! Lay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die!

Auld Nature swears the lovely ...

Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O!

Here's to us, who's like us Da...

Here's to us, who's like us Damn few, and they're all dead.

Now a' is done that men can do...

Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.

'T is sweeter for thee despair...

'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,-Jessy!

All my fears and cares are of ...

All my fears and cares are of this world; if there is another, an honest man has nothing to fear from it.

And like a passing thought, sh...

And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.

Misled by fancy's meteor ray, ...

Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven.

If there 's a hole in a' your ...

If there 's a hole in a' your coats, I rede ye tent it; A chiel 's amang ye takin' notes, And, faith, he 'll prent it.

Burns' Hog-Weighing Method: (1...

Burns' Hog-Weighing Method: (1) Get a perfectly symmetrical plank and balance it across a sawhorse. (2) Put the hog on one end of the plank. (3) Pile rocks on the other end until the plank is again perfectly balanced. (4) Carefully guess the weight of the rocks.

While Europe's eye is fix'd on...

While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit some attention.

I have a hundred times wished ...

I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.

O, my luve is like a red, red ...

O, my luve is like a red, red rose.

The great Creator to revere

The great Creator to revere
Must sure become the creature;
But still the preaching cant forbear,
And ev'n the rigid feature:
Yet ne'er with wits profane to range
Be complaisance extended;An atheist laugh's a poor exchange
For deity offended.

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The upright, honest-hearted ma...

The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church's ban Or hell's damnation.

Ambition is a meteor-gleam; Fa...

Ambition is a meteor-gleam; Fame a restless airy dream; Pleasures, insects on the wing Round Peace, th' tend rest flow'r of spring.