Love

Blink Over the Burn, My Sweet Betty

by Robert Allan 1774–1841

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, vol. 2 (1855–57)

Love

Blink over the burn, my sweet Betty,
Blink over the burn, love, to me;
O, lang hae I look'd, my dear Betty,
To get but a blink o' thine e'e.
The birds are a' sporting around us,
And sweetly they sing on the tree;
But the voice o' my bonny sweet Betty,
I trow, is far dearer to me.

The ringlets, my lovely young Betty,
That wave o'er thy bonnie e'ebree,
I 'll twine wi' the flowers o' the mountain,
That blossom sae sweetly, like thee.
Then come o'er the burn, my sweet Betty,
Come over the burn, love, to me;
O, sweet is the bliss, my dear Betty,
To live in the blink o' thine e'e.

MLA

Allan, Robert. “Blink Over the Burn, My Sweet Betty.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/allan_r/0/.

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