Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 486. Song—Inconstancy in love |
| | | | | Tune—“Duncan Gray.” |
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| LET not Woman e’er complain | |
| Of inconstancy in love; | |
| Let not Woman e’er complain | |
| Fickle Man is apt to rove: | |
| Look abroad thro’ Nature’s range, | 5 |
| Nature’s mighty Law is change, | |
| Ladies, would it not seem strange | |
| Man should then a monster prove! | |
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| Mark the winds, and mark the skies, | |
| Ocean’s ebb, and ocean’s flow, | 10 |
| Sun and moon but set to rise, | |
| Round and round the seasons go. | |
| Why then ask of silly Man | |
| To oppose great Nature’s plan? | |
| We’ll be constant while we can— | 15 |
| You can be no more, you know. | |
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