PoemsandSongsofRobertBurnsVersesWrittenWithAPencil

verseswrittenwithapencil

overthechimney—pieceintheparlouroftheinnatkenmore,taymouth.

admiringnatureinherwildestgrace,

thesenorthernsceneswithwearyfeetitrace;

o'ermanyawindingdaleandpainfulsteep,

th'abodesofcovey'dgrouseandtimidsheep,

mysavagejourney,curious,ipursue,

tillfam'dbreadalbaneopenstomyview.—

themeetingcliffseachdeep-sunkglendivides,

thewoodswildscatter'd,clothetheiramplesides;

th'outstretchinglake,imbosomed'mongthehills,

theeyewithwonderandamazementfills;

thetaymeand'ringsweetininfantpride,

thepalacerisingonhisverdantside,

thelawnswood-fring'dinnature'snativetaste,

thehillocksdroptinnature'scarelesshaste,

thearchesstridingo'erthenew-bornstream,

thevillageglitteringinthenoontidebeam—

poeticardoursinmybosomswell,

lonewand'ringbythehermit'smossycell;

thesweepingtheatreofhangingwoods,

th'incessantroarofheadlongtumblingfloods—

herepoesymightwakeherheav'n-taughtlyre,

andlookthroughnaturewithcreativefire;

here,tothewrongsoffatehalfreconcil'd,

misfortuneslighten'dstepsmightwanderwild;

anddisappointment,intheselonelybounds,

findbalmtosootheherbitter,ranklingwounds:

hereheart-struckgriefmightheav'nwardstretchherscan,

andinjur'dworthforgetandpardonman.