[
  {
    "title": "15. Winter: A Dirge",
    "author": "Robert Burns",
    "lines": [
      "THE 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 trees my fancy please,",
      "  Their fate resembles mine!",
      "",
      "",
      "Thou Power Supreme, whose mighty scheme",
      "  These woes of mine fulfil,",
      "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."
    ],
    "linecount": "24"
  }
]