The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. / With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns & Allan Cunningham

Author:Robert Burns & Allan Cunningham [Burns, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Songs, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts, Scotland -- Poetry, Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 -- Correspondence, Poets, Scottish -- 18th century -- Correspondence
Published: 2006-06-04T04:00:00+00:00

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CCXLIX.

ADDRESS TO THE WOOD-LARK.

Tune—“Where’ll bonnie Ann lie.”

[The old song to the same air is yet remembered: but the humour is richer than the delicacy; the same may be said of many of the fine hearty lyrics of the elder days of Caledonia. These verses were composed in May, 1795, for Thomson.]

I.

O stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay!

Nor quit for me the trembling spray;

A hapless lover courts thy lay,

Thy soothing fond complaining.

II.

Again, again that tender part,

That I may catch thy melting art;

For surely that would touch her heart,

Wha kills me wi’ disdaining.

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