Thou Gloomy December
thou gloomy december ance mair i hail thee, thou gloomy december! ance mair i hail thee wi' sorrow and care; sad was the parting thou makes me remember— parting wi' nancy, oh, o meet mair! fond lovers' parting is sweet, painful pleasure, hope beaming mild on the soft parting hour; but the dire feeling, o farewell for ever! is anguish unmingled, and agony pure! wild as the winter now tearing the forest, till the last leaf o' the summer is flown; such is the tempest has shaken my bosom, till my last hope and last fort is gone. still as i hail thee, thou gloomy december, still shall i hail thee wi' sorrow and care; for sad was the parting thou makes me remember, parting wi' nancy, oh, o meet mair.