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The Poetry of Robert Burns

Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson
  
  

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THE CARES O' LOVE

HE
The cares o' Love are sweeter far
Than onie other pleasure;
And if sae dear its sorrows are,
Enjoyment, what a treasure!

SHE
I fear to try, I dare na try
A passion sae ensnaring;
For light's her heart and blythe's her song
That for nae man is caring.