Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 353. Poem on Sensibility |
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| SENSIBILITY, how charming, | |
| Dearest Nancy, thou canst tell; | |
| But distress, with horrors arming, | |
| Thou alas! hast known too well! | |
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| Fairest flower, behold the lily | 5 |
| Blooming in the sunny ray: | |
| Let the blast sweep o’er the valley, | |
| See it prostrate in the clay. | |
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| Hear the wood lark charm the forest, | |
| Telling o’er his little joys; | 10 |
| But alas! a prey the surest | |
| To each pirate of the skies. | |
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| Dearly bought the hidden treasure | |
| Finer feelings can bestow: | |
| Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure | 15 |
| Thrill the deepest notes of woe. | |
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