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"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!"
Green grow the Rashes.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Some books are lies frae end to end."
Death and Dr. Hornbook.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Some wee short hours ayont the twal."
Death and Dr. Hornbook.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy."
To a Mouse.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"When chill November's surly blast Made fields and forests bare."
Man was made to Mourn.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn."
Man was made to Mourn.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Gars auld claes look amaist as weel 's the new."
The Cotter's Saturday Night.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale."
The Cotter's Saturday Night.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"He wales a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God," he says with solemn air."
The Cotter's Saturday Night.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Perhaps Dundee's wild-warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name."
The Cotter's Saturday Night.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God.""
The Cotter's Saturday Night.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"For a' that, and a' that, And twice as muckle 's a' that."
The Jolly Beggars.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"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 th' expected warning, To joy and play."
Epistle to James Smith.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven."
The Vision.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"And like a passing thought, she fled In light away."
The Vision.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve,--how exquisite the bliss!"
A Winter Night.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"His locked, lettered, braw brass collar Showed him the gentleman and scholar."
The Twa Dogs.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"And there began a lang digression About the lords o' the creation."
The Twa Dogs.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion."
To a Louse.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human."
Address to the Unco Guid.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"What 's done we partly may compute, But know not what 's resisted."
Address to the Unco Guid.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives elate Full on thy bloom."
To a Mountain Daisy.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"O life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!"
Despondency.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon."
Epistle to a Young Friend.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!"
Epistle to a Young Friend.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The fear o' hell 's a hangman's whip To haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that aye be your border."
Epistle to a Young Friend.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!"
Epistle to a Young Friend.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"And may you better reck the rede, Than ever did the adviser!"
Epistle to a Young Friend.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes; Flow gently, I 'll sing thee a song in thy praise."
Flow gently, sweet Afton.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Oh whistle, and I 'll come to ye, my lad."
Whistle, and I 'll come to ye.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"If naebody care for me, I 'll care for naebody."
I hae a Wife o' my Ain.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o' lang syne?"
Auld Lang Syne.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine."
Auld Lang Syne.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Hangman of creation, mark! Who in widow weeds appears, Laden with unhonoured years, Noosing with care a bursting purse, Baited with many a deadly curse?"
Ode on Mrs. Oswald.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife,-- That 's the true pathos and sublime Of human life."
Epistle to Dr. Blacklock.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"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."
On Captain Grose's Peregrinations through Scotland.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonny brow was brent."
John Anderson.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer."
My Heart 's in the Highlands.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine."
My Wife 's a Winsome Wee Thing.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"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."
Highland Mary.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"But, oh! fell death's untimely frost That nipt my flower sae early."
Highland Mary.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue."
Here 's a Health to Them that 's Awa'.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to victory! Now 's the day and now 's the hour; See the front o' battle lour."
Bannockburn.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Liberty 's in every blow! Let us do or die."
Bannockburn.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"In durance vile here must I wake and weep, And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep."
Epistle from Esopus to Maria.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"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."
A Red, Red Rose.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Contented wi' little, and cantie wi' mair."
Contented wi' Little.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Where sits our sulky, sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm."
Tam o' Shanter.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises."
Tam o' Shanter.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony; Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither,-- They had been fou for weeks thegither."
Tam o' Shanter.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain