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Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

214 . Song—How Long and Dreary is the Night

HOW long and dreary is the night,

When I am frae my dearie!

I sleepless lie frae e’en to morn,

Tho’ I were ne’er so weary:

I sleepless lie frae e’en to morn,

Tho’ I were ne’er sae weary!

When I think on the happy days

I spent wi’ you my dearie:

And now what lands between us lie,

How can I be but eerie!

And now what lands between us lie,

How can I be but eerie!

How slow ye move, ye heavy hours,

As ye were wae and weary!

It was na sae ye glinted by,

When I was wi’ my dearie!

It was na sae ye glinted by,

When I was wi’ my dearie!