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Song—Thine am I, my faithful Fair

by Robert Burns, 1793

Thine am I, my faithful Fair,
  Thine, my lovely Nancy;
Ev'ry pulse along my veins,
  Ev'ry roving fancy.
To thy bosom lay my heart,
  There to throb and languish;
Tho' despair had wrung its core,
  That would heal its anguish.

Take away those rosy lips,
  Rich with balmy treasure;
Turn away thine eyes of love,
  Lest i die with pleasure!
What is life when wanting Love?
  Night without a morning:
Love's the cloudless summer sun,
  Nature gay adorning.

Published in Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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