Damon and Sylvia by Robert Burns
Damon lies with Sylvia beside a flower-scented bower near a hillside stream. They consider love no crime, while birds sing, echoes ring, and Damon's heart keeps time.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Pastoral Poetry, Love Poetry, Lyric Poetry · 96 words
First lines
Tune-"The Tither Morn."
Yon wandering rill that marks the hill, / And glances o'er the brae, Sir, / Slides by a bower, where mony a flower / Sheds fragrance on the day, Sir; / There Damon lay, with Sylvia gay, / To love they thought no crime, Sir, / The wild birds sang, the echoes rang, / While Damon's heart beat time, Sir.
Genres
- Pastoral Poetry — A hillside stream, flowering bower, and singing birds surround Damon and Sylvia.
- Love Poetry — Damon and Sylvia consider love no crime, and his beating heart accompanies the birdsong.
- Lyric Poetry — A short rhyming stanza with repeated addresses to Sir is supplied with a tune designation.
Tags
love · pastoral poetry · birdsong · streams · flowers
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Pastoral Poetry, Love Poetry, Lyric Poetry
- Length: 96 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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