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For love is of such potent might
That of misfortune it makes light.
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With full good will they all fell to,
And sought no other sauce thereto
Than appetite.
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Freedom is a noble thing!
Great happiness does freedom bring.
All solace to a man it gives;
He lives at ease that freely lives.
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A! fredome is a noble thing!
Fredome mayse man to haiff liking.
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Nor can a man a fire so cover
That smoke or flame shall not discover.
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Although for food they hungered sore
He sent them drink, enough and more!
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Storys to rede ar delitabill,
Suppos that thai be nocht bot fabill.
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That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.
Swami Vivekananda
John Barbour
Born:
1316
Died:
March 13, 1395
(aged 79)
Bio:
John Barbour was a Scottish poet and the first major named literary figure to write in Scots.
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