Why has a religious turn of mind always a tendency to narrow and harden the heart?

And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation's path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.

If there's another world, he lives in bliss; if there is none, he made the best of this.

Suspense is worst than disappointment.

Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min?

Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approachesTam maun ride; That hour, o'night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hourTam mounts his beast in.