PhillisTheQueenO'TheFair - Poems and Songs of Robert Burns - Robert Burns - 其他小说 - 30读书

PhillisTheQueenO'TheFair

phillisthequeeno'thefair

tune—“themuckino'geordie'sbyre.”

adownwindingnithididwander,

tomarkthesweetflowersastheyspring;

adownwindingnithididwander,

ofphillistomuseandtosing.

chorus.—awa'wi'yourbellesandyourbeauties,

theyneverwi'hercancompare,

whaeverhasmetwi'myphillis,

hasmetwi'thequeeno'thefair.

thedaisyamus'dmyfondfancy,

soartless,sosimple,sowild;

thouemblem,saidi,o'myphillis—

forsheissimplicity'schild.

awa'wi'yourbelles,&c.

therose-bud'stheblusho'mycharmer,

hersweetbalmylipwhen'tisprest:

howfairandhowpureisthelily!

butfairerandpurerherbreast.

awa'wi'yourbelles,&c.

yonknotofgayflowersinthearbour,

theyne'erwi'myphilliscanvie:

herbreathisthebreathofthewoodbine,

itsdew-dropo'diamondhereye.

awa'wi'yourbelles,&c.

hervoiceisthesongo'themorning,

thatwakesthro'thegreen-spreadinggrove

whenphoebuspeepsoverthemountains,

onmusic,andpleasure,andlove.

awa'wi'yourbelles,&c.

butbeauty,howfrailandhowfleeting!

thebloomofafinesummer'sday;

whileworthinthemindo'myphillis,

willflourishwithoutadecay.

awa'wi'yourbelles,&c.

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