50.
On Sensibility ---- To a Friend
Sensibility how charming,
Thou, my Friend, canst truly tell;
But Distress with horrors arming,
Thou hast also known too well. ----
Fairest flower, behold the lily
Blooming in the sunny ray:
Let the blast sweep o'er the valley,
See it prostrate on the clay. ----
Hear the woodland lark charm the forest,
Telling o'er his little joys;
Helpless bird! a prey the surest
To each pirate of the skies. ----
Dearly bought the hidden treasure
Finer Feelings can bestow:
Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure,
Thrill the deepest notes of woe! ----
____________________
On Sensibility ---- To a Friend
Sensibility how charming,
Thou, my Friend, canst truly tell;
But Distress with horrors arming,
Thou hast also known too well. ----
Fairest flower, behold the lily
Blooming in the sunny ray:
Let the blast sweep o'er the valley,
See it prostrate on the clay. ----
Hear the woodland lark charm the forest,
Telling o'er his little joys;
Helpless bird! a prey the surest
To each pirate of the skies. ----
Dearly bought the hidden treasure
Finer Feelings can bestow:
Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure,
Thrill the deepest notes of woe! ----
____________________
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/171
- Alt. number
- 3.6215.l
- Date
- 1791
- On display
- Yes
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Recipient
- Stewart, Mrs Alexander
Archive information
Themes
Hierarchy
-
Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs
(
a sub-fonds is a subdivision in the archival material)
- On Sensibility - To a Friend
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