Maxioms by Robert Burns
We twa hae run about the braes,
And pu'd the gowans fine.
We twa hae run about the braes,
And pu'd the gowans fine.
Facts are cheels that winna ding,
An' downs be disputed.
Facts are cheels that winna ding,
An' downs be disputed.
To liken them to your auld-warld squad,
I must needs say comparisons are odd.
To liken them to your auld-warld squad,
I must needs say comparisons are odd.
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
Man,--whose heaven-erected face
The smiles of love adorn,--
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless read more
Man,--whose heaven-erected face
The smiles of love adorn,--
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
