Poems by Robert Nicoll Second edition: with numerous additions, and a memoir of the author |
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TO THE LADY OF MY HEART. |
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TO THE LADY OF MY HEART.
I dream'd I had a diamond mine
Ayont yon billowy sea,
An' a' thing rich an' a' thing rare
Was brought to pleasure me.
Earth's fairest things were at my gate
An' standing in my ha';
But forth I came in that proud hour
An' chose thee 'mang them a'.
Ayont yon billowy sea,
An' a' thing rich an' a' thing rare
Was brought to pleasure me.
Earth's fairest things were at my gate
An' standing in my ha';
But forth I came in that proud hour
An' chose thee 'mang them a'.
I dream'd I was a powerful king,
Wi' servants at command,—
Ae word wad brought unto my knee
The brightest in the land;
But ne'er on palaced halls I look'd—
I hied me to the lea,
An', mair than crowns, a loving heart
I blithely gave to thee.
Wi' servants at command,—
Ae word wad brought unto my knee
The brightest in the land;
But ne'er on palaced halls I look'd—
I hied me to the lea,
An', mair than crowns, a loving heart
I blithely gave to thee.
I woke, and was, what I am now,
A man o' laigh degree,—
Nae wealth ha'e I—nae silken pomp—
Nae gather'd gowd to gi'e:
But I ha'e something yet to boast,
Ne'er bought wi' warld's gear,—
A heart that never fail'd a friend,—
An' what wad ye ha'e mair?
A man o' laigh degree,—
Nae wealth ha'e I—nae silken pomp—
Nae gather'd gowd to gi'e:
But I ha'e something yet to boast,
Ne'er bought wi' warld's gear,—
A heart that never fail'd a friend,—
An' what wad ye ha'e mair?
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