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Song—How Long and Dreary is the Night

by Robert Burns, 1788

How long and dreary is the night,
  When i am frae my dearie!
I sleepless lie frae e'en to morn,
  Tho' i were ne'er so weary:
I sleepless lie frae e'en to morn,
  Tho' i were ne'er sae weary!

When i think on the happy days
  I spent wi' you my dearie:
And now what lands between us lie,
  How can I be but eerie!
And now what lands between us lie,
  How can I be but eerie!

How slow ye move, ye heavy hours,
  As ye were wae and weary!
It was na sae ye glinted by,
  When i was wi' my dearie!
It was na sae ye glinted by,
  When i was wi' my dearie!

Published in Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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