Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 222. Verses to Clarinda, with Drinking Glasses |
| | | | | Sent with a Pair of Wine-Glasses. |
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| FAIR Empress of the Poet’s soul, | |
| And Queen of Poetesses; | |
| Clarinda, take this little boon, | |
| This humble pair of glasses: | |
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| And fill them up with generous juice, | 5 |
| As generous as your mind; | |
| And pledge them to the generous toast, | |
| “The whole of human kind!” | |
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| “To those who love us!” second fill; | |
| But not to those whom we love; | 10 |
| Lest we love those who love not us— | |
| A third—“To thee and me, Love!” | |
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