The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd Centenary Edition. With a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Thomas Thomson ... Poems and Life. With Many Illustrative Engravings [by James Hogg] |
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The Moon.
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The Moon.
Now fare-ye-weel, bonnie Lady Moon,
Wi' thy still look o' majestye;
For though ye hae a queenly face,
'Tis e'en a fearsome sight to see.
Your lip is like Ben-Lomond's base,
Your mouth a dark unmeasured dell;
Your e'ebrow like the Grampian range,
Fringed with the brier an' heather-bell.
Wi' thy still look o' majestye;
For though ye hae a queenly face,
'Tis e'en a fearsome sight to see.
Your lip is like Ben-Lomond's base,
Your mouth a dark unmeasured dell;
Your e'ebrow like the Grampian range,
Fringed with the brier an' heather-bell.
Yet still thou bear'st a human face,
Of calm an' ghostly dignity;
Some emblem there I fain wad trace
Of Him that made baith you an' me.
But fare-ye-weel, bonnie Lady Moon,
There's neither stop nor stay for me;
But when this joyfu' life is done,
I'll take a jaunt an' visit thee.
Of calm an' ghostly dignity;
Some emblem there I fain wad trace
Of Him that made baith you an' me.
But fare-ye-weel, bonnie Lady Moon,
There's neither stop nor stay for me;
But when this joyfu' life is done,
I'll take a jaunt an' visit thee.
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