Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | II. Parting and Absence | | “What ails this heart o’ mine?” | | Susanna Blamire (1747–1794) |
| | | WHAT ails this heart o’ mine? | |
| What ails this watery ee? | |
| What gars me a’ turn pale as death | |
| When I take leave o’ thee? | |
| When thou art far awa’, | 5 |
| Thou ’lt dearer grow to me; | |
| But change o’ place and change o’ folk | |
| May gar thy fancy jee. | |
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| When I gae out at e’en, | |
| Or walk at morning air, | 10 |
| Ilk rustling bush will seem to say | |
| I used to meet thee there: | |
| Then I ’ll sit down and cry, | |
| And live aneath the tree, | |
| And when a leaf fa’s i’ my lap, | 15 |
| I ’ll ca ’t a word frae thee. | |
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| I ’ll hie me to the bower | |
| That thou wi’ roses tied, | |
| And where wi’ mony a blushing bud | |
| I strove myself to hide. | 20 |
| I ’ll doat on ilka spot | |
| Where I ha’e been wi’ thee; | |
| And ca’ to mind some kindly word | |
| By ilka burn and tree. | | | | |
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