Why, why tell thy loverBliss he never must enjoy?Why, why undeceive him,And give all his hopes the lie?O why, while fancy, raptur’d slumbers,Chloris, Chloris all the theme,Why, why would’st thou, cruel—Wake thy lover from his dream?
1795 · Song
Why, Why Tell the Lover
Tune · Caledonian Hunt’s delight
- Year
- 1795
- Form
- Song
- Location
- Dumfries
- Tune
- Caledonian Hunt’s delight
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns