I'm truly sorry man's dominion has broken Nature's social union.
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.
Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change.
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.
All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.