Love

O Lay Thy Loof In Mine, Lass

by Robert Burns 1759–1796

From Poems and Songs, 1796

Love

Chorus—O lay thy loof in mine, lass,
In mine, lass, in mine, lass;
And swear on thy white hand, lass,
That thou wilt be my ain.

A slave to Love’s unbounded sway,
He aft has wrought me meikle wae;
But now he is my deadly fae,
Unless thou be my ain.
O lay thy loof, &c.

There’s mony a lass has broke my rest,
That for a blink I hae lo’ed best;
But thou art Queen within my breast,
For ever to remain.
O lay thy loof, &c.

MLA

Burns, Robert. “O Lay Thy Loof In Mine, Lass.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/545/.

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Burns, Robert. “O Lay Thy Loof In Mine, Lass.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/545/.

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