The works of Allan Ramsay edited by Burns Martin ... and John W. Oliver [... and Alexander M. Kinghorn ... and Alexander Law] |
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[Contentment]
Tho fortune Lour
tis in your Power
if heaven grant Bawmy health
t'enjoy ilk hour
a saul unsour
Contents nae Bairn of wealth
tis in your Power
if heaven grant Bawmy health
t'enjoy ilk hour
a saul unsour
Contents nae Bairn of wealth
it is the mind
that unconfined
with Passions mean & vile
that's never Pynd
while thoughts Refind
Can Gloomy cares Beguile
that unconfined
with Passions mean & vile
that's never Pynd
while thoughts Refind
Can Gloomy cares Beguile
How far frae hame
my friend seeks fame
and yet I canna wyte ye
t'imploy your fire
and still aspire
by virtues that delyt ye
my friend seeks fame
and yet I canna wyte ye
t'imploy your fire
and still aspire
by virtues that delyt ye
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Then Donald may
be even as Gay
on Russia's distant shore
as on the Tay
wher Usquebae
he us'd to drink before
be even as Gay
on Russia's distant shore
as on the Tay
wher Usquebae
he us'd to drink before
but howsoeer
hast gather gear
and syne Pack up your Bagadge
and here at hame
come strute your wame
with good fat Beef & cabadge
hast gather gear
and syne Pack up your Bagadge
and here at hame
come strute your wame
with good fat Beef & cabadge
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