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title: "Damon and Sylvia"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Song"
year: "1791"
tune: "The Tither Morn"
location: "Ellisland"
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/damon-and-sylvia/"
---

# Damon and Sylvia

## Song
Yon wandering rill that marks the hill,  
And glances o’er the brae, Sir,  
Slides by a bower, where mony a flower  
Sheds fragrance on the day, Sir;  
There Damon lay, with Sylvia gay,  
To love they thought no crime, Sir,  
The wild birds sang, the echoes rang,  
While Damon’s heart beat time, Sir.

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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/damon-and-sylvia/