Poems begining by &
/ page 7 of 41 /
233. Song-O were I on Parnassus Hill
© Robert Burns
O, WERE I on Parnassus hill,
Or had o’ Helicon my fill,
232. Song-The Day Returns
© Robert Burns
THE DAY returns, my bosom burns,
The blissful day we twa did meet:
229. Song-Anna, thy Charms
© Robert Burns
ANNA, thy charms my bosom fire,
And waste my soul with care;
But ah! how bootless to admire,
When fated to despair!
226. Song-I hae a Wife o’ my Ain
© Robert Burns
I HAE a wife of my ain,
I’ll partake wi’ naebody;
I’ll take Cuckold frae nane,
I’ll gie Cuckold to naebody.
225. Song-Of a’ the Airts the Wind can Blaw
© Robert Burns
OF 1 a’ the airts the wind can blaw,
I dearly like the west,
223. Song-The Chevalier’s Lament
© Robert Burns
THE SMALL birds rejoice in the green leaves returning,
The murmuring streamlet winds clear thro’ the vale;
221. Song-The Bonie Lad that’s Far Awa
© Robert Burns
O HOW can I be blythe and glad,
Or how can I gang brisk and braw,
When the bonie lad that I lo’e best
Is o’er the hills and far awa!
220. Song-The Winter it is Past
© Robert Burns
THE WINTER it is past, and the summer comes at last
And the small birds, they sing on ev’ry tree;
Now ev’ry thing is glad, while I am very sad,
Since my true love is parted from me.
22. Song-Raging Fortune: A Fragment
© Robert Burns
O RAGING Fortune’s withering blast
Has laid my leaf full low, O!
O raging Fortune’s withering blast
Has laid my leaf full low, O!
219. Song-To Daunton Me
© Robert Burns
THE BLUDE-RED rose at Yule may blaw,
The simmer lilies bloom in snaw,
The frost may freeze the deepest sea;
But an auld man shall never daunton me.
Refrain.—To daunton me, to daunton me,
And auld man shall never daunton me.
218. Song-Talk of him that’s Far Awa
© Robert Burns
MUSING on the roaring ocean,
Which divides my love and me;
Wearying heav’n in warm devotion,
For his weal where’er he be.
217. Song-The Lad they ca’ Jumpin John
© Robert Burns
HER daddie forbad, her minnie forbad
Forbidden she wadna be:
She wadna trow’t the browst she brew’d,
Wad taste sae bitterlie.
216. Song-Duncan Davison
© Robert Burns
THERE was a lass, they ca’d her Meg,
And she held o’er the moors to spin;
214. Song-How Long and Dreary is the Night
© Robert Burns
HOW long and dreary is the night,
When I am frae my dearie!
I sleepless lie frae e’en to morn,
Tho’ I were ne’er so weary:
I sleepless lie frae e’en to morn,
Tho’ I were ne’er sae weary!
213. Song-Up in the Morning Early
© Robert Burns
CAULD blaws the wind frae east to west,
The drift is driving sairly;
Sae loud and shill’s I hear the blast—
I’m sure it’s winter fairly.
212. Song-Raving Winds Around her Blowing
© Robert Burns
RAVING winds around her blowing,
Yellow leaves the woodlands strowing,
By a river hoarsely roaring,
Isabella stray’d deploring—
210. Song-Stay my Charmer
© Robert Burns
STAY my charmer, can you leave me?
Cruel, cruel to deceive me;
Well you know how much you grieve me;
Cruel charmer, can you go!
Cruel charmer, can you go!
209. Song-M’Pherson’s Farewell
© Robert Burns
FAREWELL, ye dungeons dark and strong,
The wretch’s destinie!
M’Pherson’s time will not be long
On yonder gallows-tree.
