The Seventh of November
The day returns, my bosom burns,
The blissful day we twa did meet:
Tho' Winter wild, in tempest toil'd,
Ne'er simmer-sun was half sae sweet.
Than a' the pride that loads the tide,
And crosses o'er the sultry Line;
Than kingly robes, than crowns and globes,
Heav'n gave me more - it made thee mine.
While day and night can bring delight,
Or Nature aught of pleasure give;
While Joys Above, my mind can move,
For Thee, and Thee alone, I live!
When that grim foe of life below
Comes in between to make us part;
The iron hand that breaks our Band,
It breaks my bliss - it breaks my heart!
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Works read by Shirley Henderson—The works of Robert Burns
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