Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 22. Song—Raging Fortune: A Fragment |
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| O RAGING Fortune’s withering blast | |
| Has laid my leaf full low, O! | |
| O raging Fortune’s withering blast | |
| Has laid my leaf full low, O! | |
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| My stem was fair, my bud was green, | 5 |
| My blossom sweet did blow, O! | |
| The dew fell fresh, the sun rose mild, | |
| And made my branches grow, O! | |
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| But luckless Fortune’s northern storms | |
| Laid a’ my blossoms low, O! | 10 |
| But luckless Fortune’s northern storms | |
| Laid a’ my blossoms low, O! | |
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