All in its rude and prickly bower,
That crimson rose, how sweet and fair;
But love is far a sweeter flower,
Amid life's thorny path o' care.
(O Bonie Was Yon Rosy Brier)
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Her air sae sweet, an' shape complete,Wi' nae proportion wanting,
The Queen of Love did never move
Wi' motion mair enchanting.
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Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
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My brother knew this young lady. They went to high school together. It's not like they met one another recently. They've known each other for years.
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The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary.
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They can't see the forest for the trees. They get hung up on looking at the individual tree being cut, and can't see the benefit of the landscape as a whole.
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I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration.
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