How lang and dreary is the night
Language:
English
How [lang]1 and dreary is the night
When I am frae my Dearie;
I restless lie frae e'en [to]2 morn
Though I were ne'er sae weary.
Chorus. -- For oh, her lanely nights are lang!
And oh, her dreams are eerie;
And oh, her window'd heart is sair,
That's absent frae her Dearie!
When I think on the lightsome days
I spent wi' thee, my Dearie;
And now what [seas]3 between us roar,
How can I be but eerie?
For oh, &c.
How slow ye move, ye heavy hours;
[The joyless day how dreary:]4
It was na sae ye glinted by,
When I was wi' my Dearie!
For oh, &c.
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1 Beach modernizes this to "long"
2 Beach and other versions of the poem: "tae"
3 Beach: "lands"
4 Beach: "As ye were wae and weary"
Glossary:
Eerie = affected with fear or dread
Glinted = passed quickly like a transient gleam
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