Hugh Miller (1802-1856). The Babie. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1909. The Book of Georgian Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.

The Babie

By Hugh Miller (1802–1856)


NAE shoon to hide her tiny taes,
Nae stockings on her feet;
Her supple ankles white as snow
Of early blossoms sweet.

Her simple dress of sprinkled pink,	5
Her double, dimpled chin;
Her pucker’d lip and bonny mou’,
With nae ane tooth between.

Her een sae like her mither’s een,
Twa gentle, liquid things;	10
Her face is like an angel’s face—
We’re glad she has nae wings.