O COULD I give thee India's wealth,
As I this trifle send;
Because thy joy in both would be
To share them with a friend.


But golden sands did never grace
The Heliconian stream;
Then take what gold could never buy-
An honest bard's esteem.

(C) Robert Burns
03/12/2017


Best Poems of Robert Burns

• A Red, Red Rose
• A Winter Night
• Address To The Devil
• O Lassie, Art Thou Sleeping Yet.
• The Farewell
• Wae Is My Heart.
• How Cruel Are The Parents
• Epigram On The Said Occasion
• My Hearts In The Highlands
• To Mary.
• Ae Fond Kiss, And Then We Sever
• Farewell, Thou Stream.
• Thou Hast Left Me Ever.
• Is There, For Honest Poverty.
• Amang The Trees.
• Coming Through The Rye
• The Holy Fair
• Duncan Gray
• My Last Farewell To Stirling
• Last May A Braw Wooer.