Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 527. Song—Address to the Woodlark |
| | | | | Tune—“Loch Erroch Side.” |
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| O STAY, sweet warbling woodlark, stay, | |
| Nor quit for me the trembling spray, | |
| A hapless lover courts thy lay, | |
| Thy soothing, fond complaining. | |
| Again, again that tender part, | 5 |
| That I may catch thy melting art; | |
| For surely that wad touch her heart | |
| Wha kills me wi’ disdaining. | |
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| Say, was thy little mate unkind, | |
| And heard thee as the careless wind? | 10 |
| Oh, nocht but love and sorrow join’d, | |
| Sic notes o’ woe could wauken! | |
| Thou tells o’ never-ending care; | |
| O’speechless grief, and dark despair: | |
| For pity’s sake, sweet bird, nae mair! | 15 |
| Or my poor heart is broken. | |
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