The Tear-Drop by Robert Burns
Forsaken and friendless, the speaker grieves ower love's sorrows and feels the sair heart will soon be at rest. The speaker wishes tae be back by a stream and castle-green, whaur a man wanders and thinks on the speaker, and wad dry the tear.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry · 164 words
First lines
Wae is my heart, and the tear's in my e'e; / Lang, lang has Joy been a stranger to me: / Forsaken and friendless, my burden I bear, / And the sweet voice o' Pity ne'er sounds in my ear.
Love thou hast pleasures, and deep hae I luv'd; / Love, thou hast sorrows, and sair hae I pruv'd; / But this bruised heart that now bleeds in my breast, / I can feel, by its throbbings, will soon be at rest.
Oh, if I were-where happy I hae been- / Down by yon stream, and yon bonie castle-green; / For there he is wand'ring and musing on me, / Wha wad soon dry the tear-drop that clings to my e'e.
Genres
- Lyric Poetry — Three rhyming stanzas gie the speaker's ain sorrow and wish tae return tae a place o former happiness.
- Love Poetry — The speaker addresses Love, minds its pleasures and sorrows, and longs for a man wha wad dry the tear.
Tags
love · tears · laneliness · langin · comfort
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry
- Length: 164 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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