Poems and Songs of Robert Burnsby Robert Burns

Forlorn, My Love, No Comfort Near

The Braw Wooer

Fragment,—Why, Why Tell The Lover

Tune—"Caledonian Hunt's delight."

     Why, why tell thy lover
     Bliss he never must enjoy"?
     Why, why undeceive him,
     And give all his hopes the lie?
     O why, while fancy, raptur'd slumbers,
     Chloris, Chloris all the theme,
     Why, why would'st thou, cruel—
     Wake thy lover from his dream?

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Forlorn, My Love, No Comfort Near

The Braw Wooer