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title: "Anna, Thy Charms"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Song"
year: "1788"
location: "Mossgiel"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/anna-thy-charms/"
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# Anna, Thy Charms

## Song
Anna, thy charms my bosom fire,  
And waste my soul with care;  
But ah! how bootless to admire,  
When fated to despair!

Yet in thy presence, lovely Fair,  
To hope may be forgiven;  
For sure ’twere impious to despair  
So much in sight of heaven.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/anna-thy-charms/