Ae Fond Kiss, and then we Sever by Robert Burns
A lover bids Nancy fareweel for ever an mourns their pairtin, saying they wad never hae been broken-hearted had they never met or loved sae kindly an blindly. The lover wishes her joy, peace, luve an pleasure.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Love Poetry, Lyric Poetry · 259 words
First lines
Tune-"Rory Dall's Port."
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; / Ae fareweel, alas, for ever! / Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, / Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee. / Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, / While the star of hope she leaves him? / Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me; / Dark despair around benights me.
I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, / Naething could resist my Nancy: / But to see her was to love her; / Love but her, and love for ever. / Had we never lov'd sae kindly, / Had we never lov'd sae blindly, / Never met-or never parted, / We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Genres
- Love Poetry — The verses tell o devotion tae Nancy an the sair grief o pairtin frae her.
- Lyric Poetry — A single voice speaks its luve an despair in rhyming verses, wi the kiss an fareweel repeated at the end.
Tags
luve · pairtin · fareweel · heartbreak · despair
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Love Poetry, Lyric Poetry
- Length: 259 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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