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The Cares o' Love

Key details

Archive number
NTS/02/25/BRN/02/126
Alt. number
3.6291
Date
1788
On display
No
Creator
Burns, Robert (Author)

Description

The Cares o' Love.

Begins: "The cares o' love are sweeter far". Two four-line verses. On the reverse of 3.6290.

Written in 1788 while living at Ellisland farm where he wrote many of his poems.

The opening stanza, on the cares of love, are written from a man's perspective: "The cares o' Love are sweeter far, Than onie other pleasure; And if sae dear its sorrows are, Enjoyment, what a treasure!". The closing stanza, on the cares of love, are from a woman's perspective: "I fear to try, I dare na try, A passion sae ensnaring; For light's her heart and blyth's her song, That for nae man is caring."

The Poet's reflection on the theme; the cares of Love, wrought perhaps from his reputedly wide experience of the subject.

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  1. Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs ( )
  2. The Cares o' Love

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