Love

Beware O’ Bonie Ann

by Robert Burns 1759–1796

From Poems and Songs, 1789

Love

Ye gallants bright, I rede you right,
Beware o’ bonie Ann;
Her comely face sae fu’ o’ grace,
Your heart she will trepan:
Her een sae bright, like stars by night,
Her skin sae like the swan;
Sae jimply lac’d her genty waist,
That sweetly ye might span.

Youth, Grace, and Love attendant move,
And pleasure leads the van:
In a’ their charms, and conquering arms,
They wait on bonie Ann.
The captive bands may chain the hands,
But love enslaves the man:
Ye gallants braw, I rede you a’,
Beware o’ bonie Ann!

MLA

Burns, Robert. “Beware O’ Bonie Ann.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/253/.

Chicago

Burns, Robert. “Beware O’ Bonie Ann.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/253/.

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