Robert Burn's Night Poem

[ismenin]

Tonight is Burn's Night, upon which eve Scottish poetry is spouted, bagpipes are blown, haggis eaten and huge amounts of liquor consumed.

This is my offering: It's Rab Burn's poem - To Delia. Altered of course, to suit moi. :D

Fair the face of Orient day,
Fair the tints of op'ning rose;
Fairer still my Lijah dawns
More lovely far his beauty shows.

Sweet the lark's wild warbled lay,
Sweet the tinkling rill to hear;
But, Lijah, more delightful still,
Steal thine accents on mine ear.

The flower-enamour'd busy bee
The rosy banquet loves to sip;
Sweet the streamlet's limpid lapse
To the sun-brown'd Arab's lip.

But, Lijah, on thy balmy lips
Let me, no vagrant insect, rove;
O, let me steal one liquid kiss,
For Oh! my soul is parch'd with love.

Comments

[janejanejane.livejournal.com]

Awww, beautiful and so apt to Our Darling! ;)

Thanks so much for sharing and adapting this to Lijah... *sigh*

XX

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Yes, I thought so too, my dear. Those lipses! Sigh. :D xxx

[bandwench]

*happy sigh* That is a gorgeous adaptation. The last two lines made my heart beat very hard and happy! Thanks so much for sharing, Dearheart! *wanders off with a very sappy grin on her face*

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

I know! I feel essackly the same about it. Giggles. ;D xxx

[slipperieslope.livejournal.com]

Oooooo... 'liquid kiss'... *le sigh*

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

It is a very nice thought, isn't it? Kissie with tongues! ;D xxx

[pattilovesviggo.livejournal.com]

Very nice, and a fitting tribute to the Lovely Lij :)

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

It's a very nice image, indeed, my dear! ;D xxx

[http://users.livejournal.com/tweedle_/]

Mmmm. That's lovely and works so well for Elijah. *hugs* :)

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

It does work, doesn't it? Returns huglets. ;D xxx

[hobbitlove83.livejournal.com]

O, let me steal one liquid kiss,
For Oh! my soul is parch'd with love.

Bless you for adapting this wonderful RB poem...
the words and the image of Elijah that lives in my mind
make the bestesst combination!

*loving, grateful hugs*

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Snoggles you back. Sigh. To get withing touching distance of those lips again! Wibble. ;D xxx

[aliensouldream.livejournal.com]

Hey that's lovely! I think you may have discovered a whole new fandom outlet :-)

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

I think it would work, don't you? I can think of several of Shakespeare's sonnets that would fit!:D xxx

[bellewood.livejournal.com]

SO beautiful!!

"But, Lijah, on thy balmy lips
Let me, no vagrant insect, rove;
O, let me steal one liquid kiss,
For Oh! my soul is parch'd with love."

Oh God.. *meep*

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Joins you in de group Meep! Lovely! :D xxx

[frolijah-fan-54.livejournal.com]

Happy Burns Night!! Although I'm probably too late - so Happy Day After Burns Night!!

What a lovely adaptation - it suits Elijah so well - *happy sigh*

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is a smashing image. Gazes in rapture at the LIPS! ;D xxx

[lijahlover.livejournal.com]

Wow!

Beautiful!

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is, isn't it? I do like his imagery. ;D xxx

[http://users.livejournal.com/saura_/]

For Oh! my soul is parch'd with love.

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ♥

(this was difficult to read, I admit)

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Bless! We need regular doses of the Lij-lips. Wibble. Squeak! :) xxx

[primula-baggins.livejournal.com]

Oh, to be in your country to celebrate Burns night! Do many people celebrate it?