Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 341. Song—My Bonie Bell |
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| THE SMILING Spring comes in rejoicing, | |
| And surly Winter grimly flies; | |
| Now crystal clear are the falling waters, | |
| And bonie blue are the sunny skies. | |
| Fresh o’er the mountains breaks forth the morning, | 5 |
| The ev’ning gilds the ocean’s swell; | |
| All creatures joy in the sun’s returning, | |
| And I rejoice in my bonie Bell. | |
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| The flowery Spring leads sunny Summer, | |
| The yellow Autumn presses near; | 10 |
| Then in his turn comes gloomy Winter, | |
| Till smiling Spring again appear: | |
| Thus seasons dancing, life advancing, | |
| Old Time and Nature their changes tell; | |
| But never ranging, still unchanging, | 15 |
| I adore my bonie Bell. | |
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