Classic Poem

A starn shone out deep in the sky,
Blinkin' sae cheery cheerily:
It was seen an' loved by mony an eye —
That brightest speck in the heavens high:
But in darkness sad the starn did die:
My sang sings dreary drearily.

A flowrie grew in yonder wood,
Bloomin' sae cherry cheerily;
And the light o' day did round it flood,
Till brightest amang the bright it stood:
But it faded an' wither'd leaf an' bud:
My sang sings dreary drearily.

A bonnie maiden loved me true,
An' time gaed cheery cheerily;
Her lip was red an' her een were blue,
A warm leal heart she had, I trow;
But alake! she's dead, the maid I lo'e:
My sang sings dreary drearily.