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Now happy is a shepherd's life!
Far frae courts, and free frae strife,
While the gimmers bleat and bae,
And the lambkins answer-Mae!
Far frae courts, and free frae strife,
While the gimmers bleat and bae,
And the lambkins answer-Mae!
No such music to his ear.
Of thief and fox he has no fear;
Sturdy kent and colly too,
Well defend the tarry woo.
Of thief and fox he has no fear;
Sturdy kent and colly too,
Well defend the tarry woo.
He lives content, and envies none;
Not ev'n a monarch on his throne,
Though he the royal sceptre sways,
Has not sweeter holy days.
Not ev'n a monarch on his throne,
Though he the royal sceptre sways,
Has not sweeter holy days.
Who'd be a king can ony tell,
When a shepherd lives so well;
Sings sae well, and pays his due,
With honest heart and tarry woo.
When a shepherd lives so well;
Sings sae well, and pays his due,
With honest heart and tarry woo.
LOVE AND DESPAIR
When wilt thou break my stubborn heart?
O death how slow to take my part?
Whatever I pursue, denies
Death, death itself, like Myra flies.
O death how slow to take my part?
Whatever I pursue, denies
Death, death itself, like Myra flies.
Love and despair like twins, possest,
At the last fatal birth my breast!
No hope could be, her scorn was all,
That to my distant lot could fall.
At the last fatal birth my breast!
No hope could be, her scorn was all,
That to my distant lot could fall.
I thought alas! that love could dwell,
But in warm climes where no snow fell;
But in warm climes where no snow fell;
