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Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
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 scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
Better be a foole then a knave.
Better be a foole then a knave.
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
