Poems by Robert Nicoll Second edition: with numerous additions, and a memoir of the author |
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FADING AWAY. |
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FADING AWAY.
A starn shone out deep in the sky,
Blinkin' sae cheery cheerily:
It was seen an' loved by mony an eye—
That brightest speck in the Heavens high:
But in darkness sad the starn did die:
My sang sings dreary drearily.
Blinkin' sae cheery cheerily:
It was seen an' loved by mony an eye—
That brightest speck in the Heavens high:
But in darkness sad the starn did die:
My sang sings dreary drearily.
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A flowrie grew in yonder wood,
Bloomin' sae cheery cheerily;
An' the light o' day did round it flood,
Till brightest amang the bright it stood:
But it faded an' wither'd leaf an' bud:
My sang sings dreary drearily.
Bloomin' sae cheery cheerily;
An' the light o' day did round it flood,
Till brightest amang the bright it stood:
But it faded an' wither'd leaf an' bud:
My sang sings dreary drearily.
A bonnie maiden loved me true,
An' time gaed cheery cheerily;
Her lip was red an' her een were blue,
A warm leal heart she had, I trow;
But alake! she's dead, the maid I lo'e:
My sang sings dreary drearily.
An' time gaed cheery cheerily;
Her lip was red an' her een were blue,
A warm leal heart she had, I trow;
But alake! she's dead, the maid I lo'e:
My sang sings dreary drearily.
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