"Let fowk bode weel, and strive to do their best; Nae mair's required—let Heaven make out the rest."
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The Gentle Shepherd. Act 1, 2.
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Allan Ramsay (poet)
Allan Ramsay (15 October 1686 – 7 January 1758) was a Scottish poet (or makar), playwright, publisher, librarian and impresario of early Enlightenment Edinburgh.
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