A prince can make a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and a' that;
But an honest man's aboon his might.
Guid faith he maunna fa' that!
For a' that, and a' that,
Their dignities, and a' that,
The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth,
Are higher rank than a' that.
Then let us pray that come it may--
As come it will for a' that--
That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth,
May bear the gree, and a' that;
For a' that, and a' that,
It's coming yet for a' that,
That man to man, the warld o'er,
Shall brothers be for a' that!
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Coarse woolen clothes.
[2] Impudent fellow.
[3] Fool: blockhead.
ROBERT BURNS.
A NEW ARRIVAL.
"The New Arrival" is a valuable poem because it expresses the joy of a
young father over his new baby. If girls should be educated to be good
mothers, so should boys be taught that fatherhood is the highest and
holiest joy and right of man. The child is educator to the man. He
teaches him how to take responsibility, how to give unbiased judgments,
and how to be fatherly like "Our Father who is in Heaven.
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