Poems and Songs (Dover Thrift Editions) by Robert Burns

Author:Robert Burns [Burns, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780486268637
Amazon: 0486268632
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1991-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

Written in Friar's Carse Hermitage on the banks of Nith – June – 1788

Thou whom chance may hither lead,

Be thou clad in russet weed,

Be thou deckt in silken stole,

Grave these maxims on thy soul. –

Life is but a day at most,

Sprung from night, in darkness lost;

Hope not sunshine every hour,

Fear not clouds will always lour. –

Happiness is but a name,

Make CONTENT and EASE thy aim. –

Ambition is a meteor gleam,

Fame a restless, airy dream;

Pleasures, insects on the wing

Round Peace, the tenderest flower of spring;

Those that sip the dew alone,

Make the butterflies thy own;

Those that would the bloom devour,

Crush the locusts, save the flower. –

For the FUTURE be prepar'd,

Guard, wherever thou canst guard,

But thy utmost duly done,

Welcome what thou canst not shun: –

Follies past, give thou to air;

Make their consequence thy care:

Keep the name of MAN in mind,

And dishonor not thy kind. –

Reverence with lowly heart

Him whose wondrous work thou art;

Keep his Goodness still in view,

Thy trust – and thy example too. –

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