Love
Go On, Sweet Bird, And Sooth My Care
From Poems and Songs, 1788
Love
For thee is laughing Nature gay,
For thee she pours the vernal day;
For me in vain is Nature drest,
While Joy’s a stranger to my breast.
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MLA
Burns, Robert. “Go On, Sweet Bird, And Sooth My Care.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/203/.
Chicago
Burns, Robert. “Go On, Sweet Bird, And Sooth My Care.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/203/.
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