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	Io6            TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
	No. 115. On a bank of flowers in a summer day. Tune : The bashful lover Watts's Musical Miscellany, 1729, i. p. 30.
	On a bank of flowers in a summer day, For summer lightly drest, The youthful, blooming Nelly lay With love and sleep opprest; When Willie, wandVing through the wood, Who for her favour oft had sued ; He gaz'd, he wish'd, he fear'd, he blush'd, And trembled where he stood. Her closed eyes, like weapons sheath'd, Were seal'd in soft repose ; Her lips, still as she fragrant breath'd, It richer dyed the rose ; The springing lilies, sweetly prest, Wild-wanton kiss'd her rival breast; He gaz'd, he wish'd, he fear'd, he blush'd, His bosom ill at rest. Her robes, light-waving in the breeze, Her tender limbs embrace ; Her lovely form, her native ease, All harmony and grace. Tumultuous tides his pulses roll, A faltering, ardent kiss he stole; He gaz'd, he wish'd, he fear'd, he blush'd, And sigh'd his very soul.