Song Inscribed To Alexander Cunningham
song inscribed to alexander ingham
now spring has cd 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
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