The Romantics: 'A Red, Red Rose' by Robert Burns

This worksheet is part of a series based on the Romantic poets. Read the following poem 'A Red, Red Rose' (1794) by Robert Burns and then answer the questions that follow.

 

 

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A Red, Red Rose

 

O my Luve's like a red, red rose

That's newly sprung in June; 

O my Luve's like the melodie

That's sweetly play'd in tune.

 

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,

So deep in luve am I;

And I will luve thee still, my dear,

Till a' the seas gang dry.

 

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt wi' the sun;

I will luve thee still, my dear,

While the sands o' life shall run.

 

And fare thee well, my only Luve

And fare thee well, a while! 

And I will come again, my Luve,

Tho' it were ten thousand mile.

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