Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Glenlyon | | The Lily o’ Glenlyon | | William Wilson (1801–1860) |
| | | SWEET is the e’ening’s tear o’ dew | |
| Upon the bending harebell blue, | |
| But sweeter far is she I lo’e,— | |
| The Lily o’ Glenlyon. | |
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| I ’ve kissed wi’ mony a Highland quean, | 5 |
| Wi’ Lowland maids danced on the green, | |
| But nane like her I kissed yestreen,— | |
| The Lily o’ Glenlyon. | |
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| O, thou art sweet as e’ening’s gale | |
| That whispers down the blossomed dale, | 10 |
| An’ soft as lover’s wooing tale,— | |
| Sweet Lily o’ Glenlyon. | |
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| I ’ve seen the rose in lordly bower, | |
| The violet bloom by ruined tower, | |
| But thou art beauty’s peerless flower,— | 15 |
| Sweet Lily o’ Glenlyon. | |
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| Nae gems thy gouden ringlets braid, | |
| Thy brawest veil ’s the tartan plaid, | |
| My Highland love, my mountain maid, | |
| My Lily o’ Glenlyon. | 20 |
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| Thy rosy cheek, thy deep-blue e’e, | |
| That shot sic deadly glaumerie, | |
| Hath bound my heart for aye to thee, | |
| Sweet Lily o’ Glenlyon. | | | | |
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