The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/Sweetest May
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SWEETEST MAY.
Sweetest May, let love inspire thee;
Take a heart which he designs thee;
As thy constant slave regard it;
For its faith and truth reward it.
Take a heart which he designs thee;
As thy constant slave regard it;
For its faith and truth reward it.
Proof o' shot to birth or money,
Not the wealthy, but the bonie;
Not high-born, but noble-minded,
In love's silken band can bind it!
Not the wealthy, but the bonie;
Not high-born, but noble-minded,
In love's silken band can bind it!