The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and Criticism on His Writings; To Which Is Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and Criticism on His Writings; To Which Is Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry

With step-dame eye and frown severe His hapless youth why didst thou view For all thy joys to him were dear, And all his vows to thee were due Nor greater bliss his bosom knew, In opening youth's delightful prime, Then when thy favouring ear he drew To listen to his chanted rhyme.

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