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It's no in titles or in rank;
It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank,
To purchase peace and rest;
It's no in makin' muckle mair;
It's no in books; it's no in lear
To make us truly blest:

If happiness hae not her seat

And centre in the breast,
We may be wise, or rich, or great,
But never can be blest:

Nae treasures, nor pleasures,
Could make us happy lang;
The heart ay's the part ay,
That makes us right or
wrang.

FAITH.

BURNS.

BETTER trust all, and be deceived, And weep that trust and that deceiving,

Than doubt one heart that if be

lieved

Had blessed one's life with true believing.

Oh! in this mocking world too fast The doubting fiend o'ertakes our youth;

Better be cheated to the last
Than lose the blessed hope of truth.
MRS. KEMBLE.

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Ulysses. Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back,

Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes:

Those scraps are good deeds past: which are devoured

As fast as they are made, forgot as

soon

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