SENSIBILITY, how charming, <br />Dearest Nancy, thou canst tell; <br />But distress, with horrors arming, <br />Thou alas! hast known too well! <br /> <br /> <br />Fairest flower, behold the lily <br />Blooming in the sunny ray: <br />Let the blast sweep o'er the valley, <br />See it prostrate in the clay. <br /> <br /> <br />Hear the wood lark charm the forest, <br />Telling o'er his little joys; <br />But alas! a prey the surest <br />To each pirate of the skies. <br /> <br /> <br />Dearly bought the hidden treasure <br />Finer feelings can bestow: <br />Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure <br />Thrill the deepest notes of woe.<br /><br />Robert Burns<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poem-on-sensibility/
