University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
The Poetry of Robert Burns

Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson
Burns, Robert (1759-1796)
  
[epigraph]
  
[dedication]

expand sectionI. 
Volume I
expand section2. 
Volume II
expand sectionIII. 
Volume III
expand sectionIV. 
VOLUME IV

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous section The Poetry of Robert Burns
next section
154

WANTONNESS FOR EVERMAIR

Wantonness for evermair,
Wantonness has been my ruin.
Yet for a' my dool and care
It's wantonness for evermair.
I hae lo'ed the Black, the Brown;
I hae lo'ed the Fair, the Gowden!
A' the colours in the town—
I hae won their wanton favour.
previous section The Poetry of Robert Burns
next section