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There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
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!
A man of three letters, " F U R."
A man of three letters, " F U R."
Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
