Wad

Famous quotes containing the word wad:

    “Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it;
    But we hae meat, and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket.”
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    “Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie,
    O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!
    Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
    Wi’ bickering brattle!
    I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee,
    Wi’ murd’ring pattle!”
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    “O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us
    To see oursels as others see us!
    It wad frae monie a blunder free us
    And foolish notion:
    What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us,
    And ev’n Devotion!”
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)