Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 218. Song—Talk of him that’s Far Awa |
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| MUSING on the roaring ocean, | |
| Which divides my love and me; | |
| Wearying heav’n in warm devotion, | |
| For his weal where’er he be. | |
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| Hope and Fear’s alternate billow | 5 |
| Yielding late to Nature’s law, | |
| Whispering spirits round my pillow, | |
| Talk of him that’s far awa. | |
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| Ye whom sorrow never wounded, | |
| Ye who never shed a tear, | 10 |
| Care-untroubled, joy-surrounded, | |
| Gaudy day to you is dear. | |
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| Gentle night, do thou befriend me, | |
| Downy sleep, the curtain draw; | |
| Spirits kind, again attend me, | 15 |
| Talk of him that’s far awa! | |
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