English Poets of the Eighteenth Century eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 437 pages of information about English Poets of the Eighteenth Century.

English Poets of the Eighteenth Century eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 437 pages of information about English Poets of the Eighteenth Century.

  And fare thee weel, my only luve! 
  And fare thee weel awhile! 
  And I will come again, my luve,
  Tho’ it were ten thousand mile!

  AULD LANG SYNE

  Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
  And never brought to mind? 
  Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
  And auld lang syne?

  Chorus:

  For auld lang syne, my dear,
  For auld lang syne,
  We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
  For auld lang syne!

  And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp,
  And surely I’ll be mine;
  And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet
  For auld lang syne!

  We twa hae run about the braes,
  And pou’d the gowans fine;
  But we’ve wander’d monie a weary fit
  Sin’ auld lang syne.

  We twa hae paidl’d in the burn,
  Frae morning sun till dine;
  But seas between us braid hae roar’d
  Sin’ auld lang syne.

  And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere,
  And gie’s a hand o’ thine;
  And we’ll tak a right guid-willie waught,
  For auld lang syne!

  SWEET AFTON

  Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes! 
  Flow gently, I’ll sing thee a song in thy praise! 
  My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream,
  Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream!

  Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds through the glen,
  Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den,
  Thou green-crested lapwing, thy screaming forbear,
  I charge you disturb not my slumbering fair!

  How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills,
  Far marked with the courses of clear winding rills! 
  There daily I wander as noon rises high,
  My flocks and my Mary’s sweet cot in my eye.

  How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below,
  Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow! 
  There oft, as mild evening weeps over the lea,
  The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.

  Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides,
  And winds by the cot where my Mary resides! 
  How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave,
  As gathering sweet flowerets she stems thy clear wave!

  Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes! 
  Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays! 
  My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream,
  Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream!

  THE HAPPY TRIO

  O, Willie brew’d a peck o’ maut,
  And Bob and Allan cam to see;
  Three blyther hearts, that lee-lang night,
  Ye wad na found in Christendie.

  Chorus

  We are na fou, we’re nae that fou,
  But just a drappie in our e’e;
  The cock may craw, the day may daw,
  And ay we’ll taste the barley bree!

  Here are we met, three merry boys,
  Three merry boys, I trow, are we;
  And mony a night we’ve merry been,
  And mony mae we hope to be!

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