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Song—Blythe hae I been on yon hill

by Robert Burns, 1793

Blythe hae I been on yon hill,
  As the lambs before me;
Careless ilka thought and free,
  As the breeze flew o'er me;
Now nae langer sport and play,
  Mirth or sang can please me;
Lesley is sae fair and coy,
  Care and anguish seize me.

Heavy, heavy is the task,
  Hopeless love declaring;
Trembling, i dow nocht but glow'r,
  Sighing, dumb despairing!
If she winna ease the thraws
  In my bosom swelling,
Underneath the grass-green sod,
  Soon maun be my dwelling.

Published in Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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