Song Inscribed To Alexander Cunningham
song inscribed to alexander ingham now spring has clad the grove in green, and strew'd the lea wi' flowers; the furrow'd, waving is seen rejoi f showers. while ilka thing in nature join their sorrows to, o why thus all alone are mine the weary steps o' woe! the trout in yonder wimpling burn that glides, a silver dart, and, safe beh the shady thorn, defies the angler's art— my life was ahat careless stream, that wanton trout was i; but love, wi' uing beam, has scorch'd my fountains dry. that little floweret's peaceful lot, in yonder cliff that grows, which, save the li's flight, i wot, nae ruder visit knows, was miill love has o'er me past, and blighted a' my bloom; and now, beh the withering blast, my youth and joy e. the waken'd lav'rock warbling springs, and climbs the early sky, winnowing blythe his dewy wings in m's rosy eye; as little reck'd i sorrow's power, until the flowery snare o'witg love, in luckless hour, made me the thrall o' care. o had my fate been greenland snows, or afric's burning zone, wi'man and nature leagued my foes, so peggy ne'er i'd known! the wretch whose doom is “hope nae mair” what tongue his woes tell; within whase bosom, save despair, nae kinder spirits dwell.