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[How sweet is the scene at the waking o' morning!]
How sweet is the scene at the waking o' morning!
How fair ilka object that lives in the view!
Dame Nature the valley an' hillock adorning,
The wild rose an' blue-bell yet wet wi' the dew.
How sweet in the morning o' life is my Anna!
Her smile's like the sunbeam that glents on the lea:
To wander an' leave the dear lassie, I canna;
Frae Truth, Love, an' Beauty, I never can flee.
How fair ilka object that lives in the view!
Dame Nature the valley an' hillock adorning,
The wild rose an' blue-bell yet wet wi' the dew.
How sweet in the morning o' life is my Anna!
Her smile's like the sunbeam that glents on the lea:
To wander an' leave the dear lassie, I canna;
Frae Truth, Love, an' Beauty, I never can flee.
O lang hae I lo'ed her, an' lo'ed her fu' dearly,
For saft is the smile o' her bonny sweet mou';
An' aft hae I read in her een, glancing clearly,
A language that bade me be constant an' true.
Then ithers may doat on their gowd an' their treasure;
For pelf, silly pelf, they may brave the rude sea;
To lo'e my sweet lassie, be mine the dear pleasure;
Wi' her let me live, an' wi' her let me die.
For saft is the smile o' her bonny sweet mou';
An' aft hae I read in her een, glancing clearly,
A language that bade me be constant an' true.
Then ithers may doat on their gowd an' their treasure;
For pelf, silly pelf, they may brave the rude sea;
To lo'e my sweet lassie, be mine the dear pleasure;
Wi' her let me live, an' wi' her let me die.
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