Jockey's Taen the Parting Kiss by Robert Burns
Jockey's gane ower the mountains efter a pairtin kiss, leavin his lass wi grief. She begs the wintry weather tae spare him, wishes him safe sleep an a blythe waukenin, an trusts his love will bide the same.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry · 167 words
First lines
Air-"Bonie lass tak a man."
Jockey's taen the parting kiss, / O'er the mountains he is gane, / And with him is a' my bliss, / Nought but griefs with me remain, / Spare my Love, ye winds that blaw, / Plashy sleets and beating rain! / Spare my Love, thou feath'ry snaw, / Drifting o'er the frozen plain!
When the shades of evening creep / O'er the day's fair, gladsome e'e, / Sound and safely may he sleep, / Sweetly blythe his waukening be. / He will think on her he loves, / Fondly he'll repeat her name; / For where'er he distant roves, / Jockey's heart is still the same.
Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The lass gies voice tae her grief an her wishes for Jockey in twa rhymed stanzas, wi an air named for singin.
- Love Poetry — The lass mourns her lover's gaun awa, prays the weather will spare him, an trusts his heart will stay true.
Tags
love · pairtin · grief · wintry weather
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry
- Length: 167 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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