Sunday, January 25, 2009

What A Romantic!

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns (the national poet of Scotland), here's my favorite Burns poem:

A Red, Red Rose

O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve!
And fare-thee-weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!

Although there's at least one Burns Day celebration in our area, we'll be passing on it. No haggis for us!

1 comment:

  1. well,a good poem,it could last long indeed.

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