[
  {
    "title": "398. Lord Gregory: A Ballad",
    "author": "Robert Burns",
    "lines": [
      "O MIRK, mirk is this midnight hour,",
      "  And loud the tempest’s roar;",
      "A waefu’ wanderer seeks thy tower,",
      "  Lord Gregory, ope thy door.",
      "An exile frae her father’s ha’,",
      "  And a’ for loving thee;",
      "At least some pity on me shaw,",
      "  If love it may na be.",
      "",
      "",
      "Lord Gregory, mind’st thou not the grove",
      "  By bonie Irwine side,",
      "Where first I own’d that virgin love",
      "  I lang, lang had denied.",
      "How aften didst thou pledge and vow",
      "  Thou wad for aye be mine!",
      "And my fond heart, itsel’ sae true,",
      "  It ne’er mistrusted thine.",
      "",
      "",
      "Hard is thy heart, Lord Gregory,",
      "  And flinty is thy breast:",
      "Thou bolt of Heaven that flashest by,",
      "  O, wilt thou bring me rest!",
      "Ye mustering thunders from above,",
      "  Your willing victim see;",
      "But spare and pardon my fause Love,",
      "  His wrangs to Heaven and me."
    ],
    "linecount": "24"
  }
]