IV. When I think upon your kindness V. A' the toil that you had wi' him, Still wi' pleasure did you gie him VI. Pale and wan he came out to youWild disease made dismal strife; But wi' grace that God did gi'e you, You e'en saved his very life. Though he aft to stop did bid you, Still you kindly bade him pree. VIII. When the sun had ceased his vigour, IX. Then he aften saw descending X. At the hour o' midnight, when you You had need o' rest; but then, ye XI. Then you'd quietly gae to see him, Cool'd the almost parched tongue. XII. Dearest Aunt, O can I ever Kindness such can I forget? No! I'm sure that I can never, XIII. I, 'tis true, can ne'er reward ye, XIV. Peace and pleasure to your cot aye, Comfort to the ruling twa: O may bliss attend your lot aye Peace to ane, an' peace to a'. XV. Comfort to ye a' the day-time, Peace when laid upon your bed: God forsakes the good at nae time,— Then he hovers round your head. XVI. When your days on earth are ended, XVII. Dearest Aunt, I canna gi'e you I maun soon be out to see you— 35 THE TRYSTING TREE.] I. The trystin' tree! the trystin' tree! I'll mind it a' my days: It weel deserves a sang frae me, Or something in its praise. The pure delights that we enjoyed Beneath the trystin' tree. II. D'ye mind when first we met there; An' ye seem'd to smile to meSo I bade ye come an' rest a while Beneath the trystin' tree. |