Poems and Songs of Robert Burnsby Robert Burns

Deluded Swain, The Pleasure

On Mrs. Riddell's Birthday

Thine Am I, My Faithful Fair

Tune—"The Quaker's Wife."

     Thine am I, my faithful Fair,
     Thine, my lovely Nancy;
     Ev'ry pulse along my veins,
     Ev'ry roving fancy.
     To thy bosom lay my heart,
     There to throb and languish;
     Tho' despair had wrung its core,
     That would heal its anguish.

     Take away those rosy lips,
     Rich with balmy treasure;
     Turn away thine eyes of love,
     Lest I die with pleasure!
     What is life when wanting Love?
     Night without a morning:
     Love's the cloudless summer sun,
     Nature gay adorning.

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Deluded Swain, The Pleasure

On Mrs. Riddell's Birthday