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/ page 1353 of 3210 /247. Ode, Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Oswald of Auchencruive
© Robert Burns
EPODE And are they of no more avail,
Ten thousand glittering pounds a-year?
In other worlds can Mammon fail,
Omnipotent as he is here!
232. SongThe Day Returns
© Robert Burns
THE DAY returns, my bosom burns,
The blissful day we twa did meet:
Tho winter wild in tempest toild,
Neer summer-sun was half sae sweet.
L'ile Sainte Croix
© Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
WITH tangled brushwood overgrown,
And here and there a lofty pine,
Around whose form strange creepers twine,
And crags that mock the wild sea's moan,
233. SongO were I on Parnassus Hill
© Robert Burns
O, WERE I on Parnassus hill,
Or had o Helicon my fill,
That I might catch poetic skill,
To sing how dear I love thee!
He and She
© William Schwenck Gilbert
[HE.] I know a youth who loves a little maid -
(Hey, but his face is a sight for to see!)
434. SongThou hast left me ever, jamie
© Robert Burns
THOU hast left me ever, Jamie,
Thou hast left me ever;
Thou has left me ever, Jamie,
Thou hast left me ever:
90. Epistle to James Smith
© Robert Burns
Whilst Ibut I shall haud me there,
Wi you Ill scarce gang ony where
Then, Jamie, I shall say nae mair,
But quat my sang,
Content wi you to mak a pair.
Whareer I gang.
Backward
© William Carlos Williams
A three-day-long rain from the east--
an terminable talking, talking
524. SongThe lass that made the bed to me
© Robert Burns
WHEN Januar wind was blawing cauld,
As to the north I took my way,
The mirksome night did me enfauld,
I knew na where to lodge till day:
276. SongWhistle oer the lave ot
© Robert Burns
FIRST when Maggie was my care,
Heavn, I thought, was in her air,
Now were married-speir nae mair,
But whistle oer the lave ot!
The Sword of Suprise
© Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Sunder me from my bones, O sword of God
Till they stand stark and strange as do the trees;
That I whose heart goes up with the soaring woods
May marvel as much at these.
513. SongSteer her up and haud her gaun
© Robert Burns
O STEER her up, an haud her gaun,
Her mithers at the mill, jo;
An gin she winna tak a man,
Een let her tak her will, jo.
I can't tell youbut you feel it
© Emily Dickinson
I can't tell youbut you feel it
Nor can you tell me
Saints, with ravished slate and pencil
Solve our April Day!
493. SongContented wi little, and cantie wi mair
© Robert Burns
CONTENTED wi little, and cantie wi mair,
Wheneer I forgather wi Sorrow and Care,
I gie them a skelp as theyre creeping alang,
Wi a cog o gude swats and an auld Scottish sang.
Chorus.Contented wi little, &c.
Souvent Le Malheureux
© André Marie de Chénier
Souvent le malheureux sourit parmi ses pleurs,
Et voit quelque plaisir naître au sein des douleurs.
217. SongThe Lad they ca Jumpin John
© Robert Burns
HER daddie forbad, her minnie forbad
Forbidden she wadna be:
She wadna trowt the browst she brewd,
Wad taste sae bitterlie.
176. On the Death of John MLeod, Esq.
© Robert Burns
SAD thy tale, thou idle page,
And rueful thy alarms:
Death tears the brother of her love
From Isabellas arms.
542. SongFragmentthe Wrens Nest
© Robert Burns
THE ROBIN to the Wrens nest
Cam keekin in, cam keekin in;
O weels me on your auld pow,
Wad ye be in, wad ye be in?
Garden Street
© Roderic Quinn
LONG and drowsy and white and wide,
Villas and arbours on either side,
Pleasant under the cloudless skies,
Garden Street in the sunlight lies.