Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
Lament for James, Earl of GlencairnRobert Burns (1759–1796)
(See full text.)
Y
The reliques of the vernal choir!
Ye woods that shed on a’ the winds
The honors of the aged year!
A few short months, and glad and gay,
Again ye’ll charm the ear and e’e;
But nocht in all revolving time
Can gladness bring again to me.
Was made his wedded wife yestreen;
The monarch may forget the crown
That on his head an hour has been;
The mother may forget the child
That smiles sae sweetly on her knee:
But I’ll remember thee, Glencairn,
And a’ that thou hast done for me!