Song - A red, red Rose

Portrait of Robert Burns
Robert Burns 1759–1796
447Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

O MY Luve’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June: O my Luve’s like the melodie, That’s sweetly play’d in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi’ the sun; And I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve! And fare-thee-weel, a while! And I will come again, my Luve, Tho’ ’twere ten thousand mile!

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  1. Sonia Canada

    I think the thing I love most sbt this man's poetry is his ability to make one feel as if it is a conversation just meant for two. He has truly mastered the art.

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