Jessy
by Robert Burns
I.
Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear!
Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear!
Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet,
And soft as their parting tear - Jessy!
II.
Altho' thou maun never be mine,
Altho' even hope is denied;
'T is sweeter for thee despairing
Than aught in the world beside - Jessy!
III.
I mourn through the gay, gaudy day,
As, hopeless, I muse on thy charms;
But welcome the dream o' sweet slumber,
For then I am lock't in thy arms - Jessy!
IV.
I guess by the dear angel smile,
I guess by the love-rolling e'e;
But why urge the tender confession,
'Gainst fortune's fell, cruel decree! - Jessy!
Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear!
Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear!
Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet,
And soft as their parting tear - Jessy!
Notes to the poem:
The heroine of this song was the Miss Jessy Lewars of whom we have previously spoken as acting the part of nurse to the poet during his illness.
Source:
The Poetical Works Of Robert BurnsCopyright 1910
Ward, Lock, and Co., Ltd