Again Rejoicing Nature Sees

Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)



Again rejoicing nature sees
     Her robe assume its vernal hues,
Her leafy looks wave in the breeze,
     All freshly steep'd in morning dews.
          And maun I still on Menie doat,
               And bear the scorn that's in her ee?
          For it's jet, jet black, an' it's like a hawk,
               An' it winna let a body be!

In vain to me the cowslips blaw,
     In vain to me the vi'lets spring;
In vain to me, in glen or shaw,
     The mavis and the lintwhite sing.
          And maun I still...

The merry ploughboy cheers his team,
     Wi' joy the tentie seedsman stalks,
But life to me 's a weary dream,
     A dream of ane that never wauks.
          And maun I still...

The wanton coot the water skims,
     Among the reeds the ducklings cry,
The stately swan majestic swims,
     And every thing is blest but I.
          And maun I still...

The shepherd steeks his faulding slap,
     And owre the moorlands whistles shill,
Wi' wild, unequal, wand'ring step,
     I meet him on the dewy hill.
          And maun I still...

And when the lark, 'tween light and dark,
     Blythe waukens by the daisy's side,
And mounts and sings on fluttering wings,
     A woe-worn ghaist I hameward glide.
          And maun I still...

Come, Winter, with thine angry howl,
     And raging bend the naked tree;
Thy gloom will soothe my cheerless soul,
     When Nature all is sad like me!
          And maun I still...

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Scheme ababcdxd efxfE gxgaE ahxhE xexeE xcxcE ededE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,393
Words 237
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 8, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5

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