The Poetry of Robert Burns Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson |
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THE CAPTIVE RIBBAND |
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THE CAPTIVE RIBBAND
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Myra, the captive ribband's mine!'Twas all my faithful love could gain,
And would you ask me to resign
The sole reward that crowns my pain?
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Go, bid the hero, who has runThro' fields of death to gather fame—
Go, bid him lay his laurels down,
And all his well-earn'd praise disclaim!
III
The ribband shall its freedom lose—Lose all the bliss it had with you!—
And share the fate I would impose
On thee, wert thou my captive too.
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It shall upon my bosom live,Or clasp me in a close embrace;
And at its fortune if you grieve,
Retrieve its doom, and take its place.
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