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"The landlady and Tam grew gracious Wi' favours secret, sweet, and precious."
Robert Burns / Tam o' Shanter.
Tam o' Shanter.
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"The landlord's laugh was ready chorus."
Robert Burns / Tam o' Shanter.
Tam o' Shanter.
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"Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious."
Robert Burns / Tam o' Shanter.
Tam o' Shanter.
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"But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever."
Robert Burns / Tam o' Shanter.
Tam o' Shanter.
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"Nae man can tether time or tide."
Robert Burns / Tam o' Shanter.
Tam o' Shanter.
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"That hour, o' night's black arch the keystane."
Robert Burns / Tam o' Shanter.
Tam o' Shanter.
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"Inspiring, bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!"
Robert Burns / Tam o' Shanter.
Tam o' Shanter.
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"As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious."
Robert Burns / Tam o' Shanter.
Tam o' Shanter.
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"But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever."
Robert Burns / Ae Fond Kiss.
Ae Fond Kiss.
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"Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted!"
Robert Burns / Ae Fond Kiss.
Ae Fond Kiss.
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"To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For Nature made her what she is, And never made anither!"
Robert Burns / Bonny Lesley.
Bonny Lesley.
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"Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o' care?"
Robert Burns / The Banks of Doon.
The Banks of Doon.
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"Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe."
Robert Burns / Sweet Sensibility.
Sweet Sensibility.
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"The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man 's the gowd for a' that."
Robert Burns / For a' that and a' that.
For a' that and a' that.
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"A prince can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man 's aboon his might, Guid faith, he maunna fa' that."
Robert Burns / For a' that and a' that.
For a' that and a' that.
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"'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,--Jessy!"
Robert Burns / Jessy.
Jessy.
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"Some hae meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit."
Robert Burns / Grace before Meat.
Grace before Meat.
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"It was a' for our rightfu' King We left fair Scotland's strand."
Robert Burns / A' for our Rightfu' King.
A' for our Rightfu' King.
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"Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain."
Robert Burns / A' for our Rightfu' King.
A' for our Rightfu' King.
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"He turn'd him right and round about Upon the Irish shore, And gae his bridle reins a shake, With, "Adieu for evermore, my dear, And adieu for evermore.""
Robert Burns / A' for our Rightfu' King.
A' for our Rightfu' King.
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