The Poetry of Robert Burns Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson |
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SENSIBILITY HOW CHARMING |
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The Poetry of Robert Burns | ||
SENSIBILITY HOW CHARMING
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Sensibility how charming,Thou, my friend, can'st truly tell!
But Distress with horrors arming
Thou alas! hast known too well!
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Fairest flower, behold the lilyBlooming in the sunny ray:
Let the blast sweep o'er the valley,
See it prostrate in the clay.
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Hear the woodlark charm the forest,Telling o'er his little joys;
But alas! a prey the surest
To each pirate of the skies!
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Dearly bought the hidden treasureFiner feelings can bestow:
Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure
Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
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