Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie, That I may drink, before I go, A service to my bonie lassie.

-Burns, Robert
  'My Bonie Mary', stanza1.

   When things go wrong and will not come right, Though you do the best you can, When life looks black as the hour of nightö

-Myles na Gopaleen
US   writer.   She   is   best   known   as   a   novelist,   but   has   also published   several   volumes   of   poetry,   and   essays,   critical writings and journalism.