Song.—On Chloris Being Ill

作品:《Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

    song.—on chloris being ill
    tune—“aye wauken o.”
    chorus—long, long the night,
    heavy comes the morrow
    while my soul's delight
    is on her bed of sorrow.
    can i cease to care?
    can i cease to languish,
    while my darling fair
    is on the couch of anguish?
    long, long, c.
    ev'ry hope is fled,
    ev'ry fear is terror,
    slumber ev'n i dread,
    ev'ry dream is horror.
    long, long, c.
    hear me, powers divine!
    oh, in pity, hear me!
    take aught else of mine,
    but my chloris spare me!
    long, long, c.