A RED RED ROSE - Robert Burns

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 thou art, my bonnie lass, 
So deep in love am I: 
And I will love thee still, my dear, 
Till a' the seas gang dry: 
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, 
And the rocks melt with the sun; 
I will luve thee still my dear 
When the sands of life shall run. 
And fare thee weel, my only Luve, 
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile.

MY MISTRESS' EYES - William Shakespeare

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak; yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound:
I grant I never saw a goddess go,
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rate
As any she belied with false compare.