On A Bank Of Flowers Lyrics - Burns Robert

On a Bank of Flowers 

(Robert Burns) 

On a bank of flowers in a summer day 

For summer lightly drest, 

The youthful, blooming Nelly lay, 

With love and sleep opprest; 

When Willie, wand'ring thro the wood, 

Who for her favour oft had su'd- 

He gaz'd, he wish'd,He fear'd, he blush'd, 

And trembled where he stood. 

Her closed eyes, like weapons sheath'd, 

Were seal'd in soft repose; 

Her lips, still as she fragrant breath'd, 

It richer dyed the rose. 

The springing lilies, sweetly prest, 

Wild-wanton kiss'd her rival breast: 

He gaz'd, he wish'd,He fear'd, he blush'd, 

His bosom ill at rest. 

Her robes, light-waving in the breeze, 

Her tender limbs embrace; 

Her lovely form, her native ease, 

All harmony and grace. 

Tumultuous tides his pulses roll, 

A faltering, ardent kiss he stole; 

He gaz'd, he wish'd, He ear'd, he blush'd, 

And sigh'd his very soul. 

As flies the partridge from the brake 

On fear-inspired wings, 

So Nelly starting, half-awake, 

Awar affrighted springs. 

But Willie, follow'd - as he should, 

He overtook her in the wood; 

He vow'd, he pray'd, He found the maid 

Forgiving all, and good. 

tune: On a bank of flowers (292) 

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