Willie Winkie and Other Songs and Poems By William Miller: Edited, with an Introduction by Robert Ford |
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The Haw-Blossom.
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The Haw-Blossom.
Think on the time when thy heart beat a measure,
All tuneful as woods with the music of love;
Then say if thy breast can forget e'er the pleasure
Gave by flowers at thy feet or the haw-bloom above.
Tell, then, the lover to woo in the e'ening,
Down where the haw-blossom's flourishing seen,
Sweeter shade never two young hearts was screenin'
Than the thorn with its snaw-crown and mantle o' green.
All tuneful as woods with the music of love;
Then say if thy breast can forget e'er the pleasure
Gave by flowers at thy feet or the haw-bloom above.
Tell, then, the lover to woo in the e'ening,
Down where the haw-blossom's flourishing seen,
Sweeter shade never two young hearts was screenin'
Than the thorn with its snaw-crown and mantle o' green.
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If with such sweetness around them when roamin',
The heart o' the lassie sae guileless is won,
For ever the haw-bloom, the richness o' gloamin',
And the blush o' his dearie shall mingle in one.
Bloom with the lily breath, everywhere growing,
Down in the deep glen thy white crown is seen,
High 'mid the dark firs alike art thou blowing,
Thou'rt the banner o'love, and the summer's fair queen.
The heart o' the lassie sae guileless is won,
For ever the haw-bloom, the richness o' gloamin',
And the blush o' his dearie shall mingle in one.
Bloom with the lily breath, everywhere growing,
Down in the deep glen thy white crown is seen,
High 'mid the dark firs alike art thou blowing,
Thou'rt the banner o'love, and the summer's fair queen.
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