The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/Fair Eliza
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FAIR ELIZA.
TUNE—'THE BONIE BRUCKET LASSIE.'
Turn again, thou fair Eliza,Ae kind blink before we part,Rew on thy despairing lover!Canst thou break his faithfu' heart?Turn again, thou fair Eliza;If to love thy heart denies,For pity hide the cruel sentenceUnder friendship's kind disguise!
Thee, dear maid, hae I offended?The offence is loving thee;Canst thou wreck his peace for ever,Wha for thine wad gladly die?While the life beats in my bosom,Thou shalt mix in ilka throe:Turn again, thou lovely maiden,Ae sweet smile on me bestow.
Not the bee upon the blossom,In the pride o' sinny noon;Not the little sporting fairy,All beneath the simmer moon;Not the poet in the momentFancy lightens in his ee,Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture,That thy presence gies to me.