Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 531. Song—’Twas na her bonie blue e’e |
| | | | | Tune—“Laddie, lie near me.” |
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| ’TWAS na her bonie blue e’e was my ruin, | |
| Fair tho’ she be, that was ne’er my undoin’; | |
| ’Twas the dear smile when nae body did mind us, | |
| ’Twas the bewitching, sweet, stown glance o’ kindness: | |
| ’Twas the bewitching, sweet, stown glance o’ kindness. | 5 |
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| Sair do I fear that to hope is denied me, | |
| Sair do I fear that despair maun abide me, | |
| But tho’ fell fortune should fate us to sever, | |
| Queen shall she be in my bosom for ever: | |
| Queen shall she be in my bosom for ever. | 10 |
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| Chloris, I’m thine wi’ a passion sincerest, | |
| And thou hast plighted me love o’ the dearest! | |
| And thou’rt the angel that never can alter, | |
| Sooner the sun in his motion would falter: | |
| Sooner the sun in his motion would falter. | 15 |
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