176. On the Death of John M'Leod Esq

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176. On the Death of John M'Leod Esq by Robert Burns

 SAD thy tale, thou idle page,
 And rueful thy alarms:
Death tears the brother of her love
 From Isabella’s arms.


Sweetly deckt with pearly dew
 The morning rose may blow;
But cold successive noontide blasts
 May lay its beauties low.


Fair on Isabella’s morn
 The sun propitious smil’d;
But, long ere noon, succeeding clouds
 Succeeding hopes beguil’d.


Fate oft tears the bosom chords
 That Nature finest strung;
So Isabella’s heart was form’d,
 And so that heart was wrung.


Dread Omnipotence alone
 Can heal the wound he gave—
Can point the brimful grief-worn eyes
 To scenes beyond the grave.


Virtue’s blossoms there shall blow,
 And fear no withering blast;
There Isabella’s spotless worth
 Shall happy be at last.

Form: Ballad

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