English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
John Dunlop
348. The Year Thats Awa
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We will drink it in strong and in sma’;
And here’s to ilk bonnie young lassie we lo’ed,
While swift flew the year that’s awa’.
And here’s to ilk, etc.
And the sailor who bravely did fa’;
Their fame is alive though their spirits are fled
On the wings o’ the year that’s awa’.
Their fame is alive, etc.
When storms of adversity blaw;
May they live in our song and be nearest our hearts,
Nor depart like the year that’s awa’.
May they live, etc.