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Nae man can tether time or tide.

Nae man can tether time or tide.

Robert Burns
Time, Men, Tides
'Tam o' Shanter' (1791) l. 67

Some wee short hour ayont the twal.

Robert Burns
Time, Hours
Robert Burns, James Currie, Gilbert Burns (1820). “The Works of Robert Burns;: With an Account of His Life, and a Criticism of His Writings, : to which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry”, p.49

Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approachesTam maun ride; That hour, o'night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hourTam mounts his beast in.

Robert Burns
Time, Men, Night
1790 'Tam o' Shanter. A Tale'.

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