Nature poems
/ page 141 of 287 /457. Epitaph on Wm. Graham, Esq., of Mossknowe
© Robert Burns
STOP thief! dame Nature calld to Death,
As Willy drew his latest breath;
How shall I make a fool again?
My choicest model thou hast taen.
538. SongNow Spring has clad the grove in green
© Robert Burns
NOW spring has clad the grove in green,
And strewd the lea wi flowers;
The furrowd, waving corn is seen
Rejoice in fostering showers.
73. SongFarewell to Ballochmyle
© Robert Burns
THE CATRINE woods were yellow seen,
The flowers decayd on Catrine lee,
Nae lavrock sang on hillock green,
But nature sickend on the ee.
101. SongComposed in Spring
© Robert Burns
AGAIN rejoicing Nature sees
Her robe assume its vernal hues:
Her leafy locks wave in the breeze,
All freshly steepd in morning dews.
Winter Violets
© Alfred Austin
Here are sad flowers, with wintry weeping wet,
Dews of the dark that drench the violet.
Thus over Her, whom death yet more endears,
Nature and Man together blend their tears.
The Monks Of Basle
© John Hay
I tore this weed from the rank, dark soil
Where it grew in the monkish time,
I trimmed it close and set it again
In a border of modern rhyme.
396. SongWandering Willie
© Robert Burns
HERE awa, there awa, wandering Willie,
Now tired with wandering, haud awa hame;
Come to my bosom, my ae only dearie,
And tell me thou bringst me my Willie the same.
Ode IV: To The Honourable Charles Townshend In The Country
© Mark Akenside
I. 1.
How oft shall i survey
397. SongWandering Willie (Revised Version)
© Robert Burns
HERE awa, there awa, wandering Willie,
Here awa, there awa, haud awa hame;
Come to my bosom, my ain only dearie,
Tell me thou bringst me my Willie the same.
183. Verses Written with a Pencil at the Inn at Kenmore
© Robert Burns
ADMIRING Nature in her wildest grace,
These northern scenes with weary feet I trace;
Oer many a winding dale and painful steep,
Th abodes of coveyd grouse and timid sheep,
56. Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet
© Robert Burns
WHILE winds frae aff Ben-Lomond blaw,
An bar the doors wi driving snaw,
An hing us owre the ingle,
I set me down to pass the time,
489. SongBehold, my love, how green the groves
© Robert Burns
BEHOLD, my love, how green the groves,
The primrose banks how fair;
The balmy gales awake the flowers,
And wave thy flowing hair.
260. Sketch in Verse, inscribed to the Right Hon. C. J. Fox
© Robert Burns
But now for a Patron whose name and whose glory,
At once may illustrate and honour my story.
327. On Glenriddells Fox breaking his chain: A Fragment
© Robert Burns
These things premised, I sing a Fox,
Was caught among his native rocks,
And to a dirty kennel chained,
How he his liberty regained.
307. Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson
© Robert Burns
Go to your sculpturd tombs, ye Great,
In a the tinsel trash o state!
But by thy honest turf Ill wait,
Thou man of worth!
And weep the ae best fellows fate
Eer lay in earth.
189. Verses on Castle Gordon
© Robert Burns
STREAMS that glide in orient plains,
Never bound by Winters chains;
Glowing here on golden sands,
There immixd with foulest stains
387. Epigram on Miss Fontenelle
© Robert Burns
SWEET naïveté of feature,
Simple, wild, enchanting elf,
Not to thee, but thanks to Nature,
Thou art acting but thyself.
185. The Humble Petition of Bruar Water
© Robert Burns
MY lord, I know your noble ear
Woe neer assails in vain;
Emboldend thus, I beg youll hear
Your humble slave complain,