[
  {
    "title": "264. Song—On a Bank of Flowers",
    "author": "Robert Burns",
    "lines": [
      "ON a bank of flowers, in a summer day,",
      "  For summer lightly drest,",
      "The youthful, blooming Nelly lay,",
      "  With love and sleep opprest;",
      "When Willie, wand’ring thro’ the wood,",
      "Who for her favour oft had sued;",
      "    He gaz’d, he wish’d",
      "    He fear’d, he blush’d,",
      "And trembled where he stood.",
      "",
      "",
      "Her closèd eyes, like weapons sheath’d,",
      "  Were seal’d in soft repose;",
      "Her lip, still as she fragrant breath’d,",
      "  It richer dyed the rose;",
      "The springing lilies, sweetly prest,",
      "Wild-wanton kissed her rival breast;",
      "    He gaz’d, he wish’d,",
      "    He mear’d, he blush’d,",
      "His bosom ill at rest.",
      "",
      "",
      "Her robes, light-waving in the breeze,",
      "  Her tender limbs embrace;",
      "Her lovely form, her native ease,",
      "  All harmony and grace;",
      "Tumultuous tides his pulses roll,",
      "A faltering, ardent kiss he stole;",
      "    He gaz’d, he wish’d,",
      "    He fear’d, he blush’d,",
      "And sigh’d his very soul.",
      "",
      "",
      "As flies the partridge from the brake,",
      "  On fear-inspired wings,",
      "So Nelly, starting, half-awake,",
      "  Away affrighted springs;",
      "But Willie follow’d-as he should,",
      "He overtook her in the wood;",
      "    He vow’d, he pray’d,",
      "    He found the maid",
      "Forgiving all, and good."
    ],
    "linecount": "36"
  }
]