Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear

written in 1796

Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear, Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear; Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, And soft as their parting tear - Jessy. Although thou maun never be mine, Although even hope is denied; 'Tis sweeter for thee despairing, Than aught in the warld beside - Jessy. Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear, Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear; Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, And soft as their parting tear - Jessy. I mourn thro' the gay, gaudy day, As, hopeless, I muse on thy charms; But welcome the dream o' sweet slumber, For then I am lockt in thy arms - Jessy. Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear, Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear; Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, And soft as their parting tear - Jessy.