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title: "Come, Let Me Take Thee to My Breast"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1793"
location: "Dumfries"
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/come-let-me-take-thee-to-my-breast/"
---

# Come, Let Me Take Thee to My Breast

## Poem
Come, let me take thee to my breast,  
And pledge we ne’er shall sunder;  
And I shall spurn as vilest dust  
The world’s wealth and grandeur:  
And do I hear my Jeanie own  
That equal transports move her?  
I ask for dearest life alone,  
That I may live to love her.

Thus, in my arms, wi’ a’ her charms,  
I clasp my countless treasure;  
I’ll seek nae main o’ Heav’n to share,  
Tha sic a moment’s pleasure:  
And by thy e’en sae bonie blue,  
I swear I’m thine for ever!  
And on thy lips I seal my vow,  
And break it shall I never.

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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/come-let-me-take-thee-to-my-breast/