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To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
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!
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
By that sin fell the angels.
By that sin fell the angels.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
