Winter a Dirge LyricsThe wintry west extends his blast
And hail and rain does blaw
Or the stormy north sends driving forth
The blinding sleet and snaw
While, tumbling brown, the burn comes down
And roars frae bank to brae
And bird and beast in covert rest
And pass the heartless day
The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast
The joyless winter day
Let others fear, to me more dear
Than all the pride of May
The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul
My griefs it seems to join
The leafless tress my fancy please
Their fate resembles mine!
Thou power supreme, whose mighty scheme
These woes of mine fulfill
Here firm I rest, they must be best
Because they are thy will!
Then all I want, o do thou grant
This one request of mine!
Since to enjoy thou dost deny
Assist me to resign
