The Book of Scottish Song/O love delights

O love delights.

[William Chalmers.—Tune, "Lewie Gordon."—Here first printed.]

O love delights in sunny bower,
'Mid sunny rays, like summer flower;
But when the storms o' winter blaw,
Its fairest beauties fade awa'.

The rose in youth may please awhile,
And youthful days wi' joy beguile,
The lily, too, with snowy crest,
May lean upon the rose's breast.
But love delights, &c.

What though the rose's blushes fade,
And lilies droop beneath the shade,
In dormant life they still remain,
To grow, to bud, to bloom again.
But love delights, &c.

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