Anna, Thy Charms

Robert Burns

 
Anna, thy charms my bosom fire,  
  And waste my soul with care;  
But ah! how bootless to admire,  
  When fated to despair!  
  
Yet in thy presence, lovely Fair,
  To hope may be forgiven;  
For sure 'twere impious to despair  
  So much in sight of heaven.
 

Poems by This Author

A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
O my luve's like a red, red rose
Afton Water by Robert Burns
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes
Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
Halloween by Robert Burns
Upon that night, when fairies light


Further Reading

Poems About Difficult Love
A Love Song
by William Carlos Williams
Be Near Me
by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Caboose Thoughts
by Carl Sandburg
Dregs
by César Vallejo
He would not stay for me, and who can wonder
by A. E. Housman
I Am Not Yours
by Sara Teasdale
I Do Not Love Thee
by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
Last Words to Miriam
by D. H. Lawrence
Love's Secret
by William Blake
Loving and Beloved
by Sir John Suckling
Never give all the heart
by W. B. Yeats
One Art
by Elizabeth Bishop
Opal
by Amy Lowell
The Barrier
by Claude McKay
The More Loving One
by W. H. Auden
The Peace That So Lovingly Descends
by Noelle Kocot
To His Coy Love
by Michael Drayton
What Do I Care
by Sara Teasdale
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (Sonnet XLIII)
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Whoever You Are Holding Me Now in Hand
by Walt Whitman
Witch-Wife
by Edna St. Vincent Millay