O my Luve is like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June;
O my Luve is like the melody
That's sweetly played in tune.
So 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 love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
As the previous annotation stated the speaker emphasizes his love lasting a long time but earlier in the poem the speaker said that his beloved is like a red rose newly sprung in June which can only be found for a short time meaning that the love will not last long. This is a paradoxical claim made by the speaker.
A Red Red Rose 1794