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Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.
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 time comes he whom God sends.
In time comes he whom God sends.
