Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
528 . SongOn Chloris being ill
Chorus—Long, long the night,
Heavy comes the morrow
While my soul’s delight
Is on her bed of sorrow.
Can I cease to languish, While my darling Fair Is on the couch of anguish? Long, long, &c. Ev’ry fear is terror, Slumber ev’n I dread, Ev’ry dream is horror. Long, long, &c. Oh, in pity, hear me! Take aught else of mine, But my Chloris spare me! Long, long, &c.