Living
Tho’ Cruel Fate Should Bid Us Part
From Poems and Songs, 1785
Living
Tho’ cruel fate should bid us part,
Far as the pole and line,
Her dear idea round my heart,
Should tenderly entwine.
Tho’ mountains, rise, and deserts howl,
And oceans roar between;
Yet, dearer than my deathless soul,
I still would love my Jean.
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Burns, Robert. “Tho’ Cruel Fate Should Bid Us Part.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/70/.
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Burns, Robert. “Tho’ Cruel Fate Should Bid Us Part.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/70/.
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