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The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of read more
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.