The Thief

Thou robb’st my days of business and delights,

Of sleep thou robb’st my nights ;

Ah, lovely thief, what wilt thou do?

What? rob me of heaven too?

Even in my prayers thou hauntest me:

And I, with wild idolatry,

Begin to God, and end them all to thee.

Is it a sin to love, that it should thus

Like an ill conscience torture us?

Whate’er I do, where’er I go-

None guiltless e’er was haunted so!-

Still, still, methinks, thy face I view,

And still thy shape does me pursue,

As if, not you me, but I had murdered you.

From books I strive some remedy to take,

But thy name all the letters make;

Whate’er ’tis writ, I find thee there,

Like points and commas everywhere.

Me blessed for this let no man hold,

For I, as Midas did of old,

Perish by turning every thing to gold.

What do I seek, alas, or why do I

Attempt in vain from thee to fly?

For, making thee my deity,

I gave thee then ubiquity.

My pains resemble hell in this:

The divine presence there too is,

But to torment men, not to give them bliss.

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• Robert Burns: The Captain’s Lady: by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: Sweet Tibbie Dunbar: by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: I Love My Love In Secret: by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: Jamie, Come Try Me: by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: The Banks Of Nith: by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: Young Jockie Was The Blythest Lad: by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: On A Bank Of Flowers: by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: The Gard’ner Wi’ His Paidle: by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: Delia, An Ode : “To the Editor of The Star.-Mr. Printer-If the productions of a simple ploughman can merit a place in the same paper with Sylvester Otway, and the other favourites of the Muses who illuminate the Star with the lustre of genius, your insertion of the enclosed trifle will be succeeded by future communications from-Yours, &c., R. Burns. Ellisland, near Dumfries, 18th May, 1789.” by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: The Wounded Hare: by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: Sketch In Verse: Inscribed to the Right Hon. C. J. Fox. by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: A New Psalm For The Chapel Of Kilmarnock: On the Thanksgiving-Day for His Majesty’s Recovery. by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: Epistle To James Tennant Of Glenconner: by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: Ode On The Departed Regency Bill: by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: Beware O’ Bonie Ann: by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: To Miss Cruickshank, a very Young Lady : Written on the Blank Leaf of a Book, presented to her by the Author. by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: Caledonia -A Ballad : by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: Lines To John M’Murdo, Esq. Of Drumlanrig: Sent with some of the Author’s Poems. by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: Impromptu Lines To Captain Riddell: On Returning a Newspaper. by Robert Burns
• Robert Burns: She’s Fair And Fause: by Robert Burns

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