Robert Burns
Last Lines
And joy shall revisit my bosom no more.
And mingle sighs with mine, love.
And smile as thou wert wont to do?
And soft as their parting tear - Jessy!
Approach this shrine, and worship here.
Are spent amang the lasses, O.
But live, an' love my Nannie, O.
Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
I bear a heart shall support me still.
I think I maun wed him to-morrow.
I'll meet thee with an undaunted mind.
In bright succession raise, her ornament and guard!
Its joys and griefs alike resign.
My heart's in the Highlands, whereever I go.
Now hopeless, comfortless, forsaken!
O, aid me with Thy help, Omnipotence Divine!
Or haply lies beneath th' Atlantic roar.
Resolv'd to meet some ither day.
The hour and the moment o' time!
The langer ye hae them - the mair they're carest.
The rantin' dog the daddie o 't.
Though it were ten thousand mile.
Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
To sing my Highland Lassie, O!
We'll welcome hame fair Albany.
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