JEANIE MORRISON. O DEAR, dear Jeanie Morrison, And blind my een wi' tears! The blythe blinks o' langsyne. 'Twas then we luvit ilk ither weel, 'Twas then we twa did part; Sweet time, sad time!-twa bairns at schule, Twa bairns, and but ae heart! 'Twas then we sat on ae laigh bink, To leir ilk ither lear; And tones, and looks, and smiles were shed, Remembered evermair. And on the knowe abune the burn O dear, dear Jeanie Morrison, Did I but ken your heart still dreamed O' bygane days and me! WILLIAM MOTHERWELL. AULD LANG SYNE. SHOULD auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min'? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o' lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, We twa hae run about the braes, But we've wandered mony a weary foot. Sin' auld lang syne. For auld lang syne, my dear, We twa hae paidl't i' the burn, But seas between us braid hae roared, Sin' auld lang syne. For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, And here's a hand, my trusty fiere, For auld lang syne. For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, And in the violet-embroidered vale, Where the love-lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well; Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are? Hid them in some flowery cave, Sweet queen of parley, daughter of So mayst thou be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all heaven's harmonies. MILTON. HARK! HARK! THE LARK. HARK! hark! the lark at heaven's sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin SHAKSPEARE. THE BUGLE-SONG. THE splendor falls on castle walls And the wild cataract leaps in Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying: Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. |