The Poetry of Robert Burns Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson |
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INTERPOLATIONS
YOUR FRIENDSHIP
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Your friendship much can make me blest—O, why that bliss destroy?
Why urge the only, one request
You know I will deny?
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Your thought, if Love must harbour there,Conceal it in that thought,
Nor cause me from my bosom tear
The very friend I sought.
FOR THEE IS LAUGHING NATURE
For thee is laughing Nature gay,For thee she pours the vernal day:
For me in vain is Nature drest,
While Joy's a stranger to my breast.
NO COLD APPROACH
No cold approach, no alter'd mien,Just what would make suspicion start,
No pause the dire extremes between:
He made me blest—and broke my heart.
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ALTHO' HE HAS LEFT ME
Altho' he has left me for greed o' the siller,I dinna envý him the gains he can win:
I rather wad bear a' the lade o' my sorrow
Than ever hae acted sae faithless to him.
LET LOOVE SPARKLE
Let loove sparkle in her e'e,Let her lo'e nae man but me:
That's the tocher guid I prize,
There the luver's treasure lies.
AS DOWN THE BURN
As down the burn they took their way,And thro' the flowery dale;
His cheek to hers he aft did lay,
And love was ay the tale,
With:—‘Mary, when shall we return,
Sic pleasure to renew?’
Quoth Mary:—‘Love, I like the burn,
And ay shall follow you.’
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