A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1788 · Poem

Go on, Sweet Bird, and Sooth My Care


For thee is laughing Nature gay,For thee she pours the vernal day;For me in vain is Nature drest,While Joy’s a stranger to my breast.
Year
1788
Form
Poem
Location
Mossgiel
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns