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A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
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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!
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
