While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit some attention.

If there 's a hole in a' your coats, I rede ye tent it; A chiel 's amang ye takin' notes, And, faith, he 'll prent it.

Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.

Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.

Burns' Hog-Weighing Method: (1) Get a perfectly symmetrical plank and balance it across a sawhorse. (2) Put the hog on one end of the plank. (3) Pile rocks on the other end until the plank is again perfectly balanced. (4) Carefully guess the weight of the rocks.

All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.

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