1796. I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o' life shall run. Tho' it were ten thousand mile. 16 Robert Burns. AE FOND KISS AE fond kiss, and then we sever; Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, Who shall say that Fortune grieves him I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy; 8 12 Had we never loved sae kindly, 16 1792. Of a' the Airts Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest! Peace, enjoyment, love, and pleasure! 20 Ae fond kiss, and then we sever! Deep in heart-wrung tears I 'll pledge thee, Robert Burns. 1790. OF A' THE AIRTS OF a' the airts the wind can blaw, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best: There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And monie a hill between; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air: There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green; There's not a bonnie bird that sings, 8 16 Robert Burns. HIGHLAND MARY YE banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, And there the langest tarry; How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, Wi' monie a vow and lock'd embrace And, pledging aft to meet again, But oh! fell Death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower sae early! Now green 's the sod, and cauld 's the clay, 8 16 24 If Doughty Deeds O pale, pale now, those rosy lips 1792. 1799. 32 Robert Burns. IF DOUGHTY DEEDS IF doughty deeds my lady please, And he that bends not to thine eye Shall rue it to his smart! Then tell me how to woo thee, Love; O tell me how to woo thee! For thy dear sake nae care I'll take, If gay attire delight thine eye, I'll dight me in array; I'll tend thy chamber door all night, 12 If sweetest sounds can win thine ear, That voice that nane can match. But if fond love thy heart can gain, Nae maiden lays her skaith to me, I never loved but you. For you alone I ride the ring, 1801-2. O tell me how to woo! Then tell me how to woo thee, Love; For thy dear sake nae care I'll take Robert Cunninghame-Graham. 20 32 COUNTY GUY АH! County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea, The orange-flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea. The lark, his lay who trill'd all day, Sits hush'd his partner nigh; Breeze, bird, and flower confess the hour, 8 |