Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
534 . Song—Fragment—Why tell the lover
W
Bliss he never must enjoy”?
Why, why undeceive him,
And give all his hopes the lie?
O why, while fancy, raptur’d slumbers,
“Chloris, Chloris” all the theme,
Why, why would’st thou, cruel—
Wake thy lover from his dream?