ROBERT BURNS 1759-1796
A RED, RED ROSE

O my love’s like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my love’s like the melody
That’s sweetly played in tune.

As fair you are, my bonnie lass,
So deep in love am I,
And I will love you still, my Dear,
‘Til all the seas gone dry.

‘Til all the seas gone dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt with the sun:
I will love you still, my Dear,
While the sands of life shall run.

And fare you well, my only Love,
And fare you well a while!
And I will come again, my Love,
‘Though it were ten thousand mile!

* SOME CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO ELIMINATE OLD ENGLISH

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When I am a pensioner,
Although I don’t work hard,
I won’t get the sack.
I won’t have a boss,
And I won’t want promotion.
We’ll move to somewhere sunny,
My partner and me
(WITHOUT a mortgage),
Where retirement is fun
And every day is our anniversary.

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Anonymous.
This poem was left by a British soldier killed on active service in Northern Ireland.

Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

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Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound’s the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

ROBERT FROST

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Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps copying my work, Miss.
What shall I do?

Go and sit in the hall, dear.
Go and sit in the sink.
Take your books on the roof, my lamb.
Do whatever you think.

Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps taking my rubber, Miss.
What shall I do?

Keep it in your hand, dear.
Hide it up your vest.
Swallow it if you like, my love.
Do what you think best.

Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps calling me rude names, Miss.
What shall I do?

Lock yourself in the cupboard, dear.
Run away to sea.
Do whatever you can, my flower.
But don`t ask me!

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