Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 467. Inscription to Miss Graham of Fintry |
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| HERE, where the Scottish Muse immortal lives, | |
| In sacred strains and tuneful numbers joined, | |
| Accept the gift; though humble he who gives, | |
| Rich is the tribute of the grateful mind. | |
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| So may no ruffian-feeling in my breast, | 5 |
| Discordant, jar thy bosom-chords among; | |
| But Peace attune thy gentle soul to rest, | |
| Or Love, ecstatic, wake his seraph song, | |
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| Or Pity’s notes, in luxury of tears, | |
| As modest Want the tale of woe reveals; | 10 |
| While conscious Virtue all the strains endears, | |
| And heaven-born Piety her sanction seals. | |
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