Love

My Love's Bonny

by James Hogg 1770–1835

From The Poetical Works of the Ettrick Shepherd (Blackie, 1838–40)

Love

My love's bonny as bonny can be,
My love's blithe as the bird on the tree ;
But I like my bonny lass, an' she loes me,
An' we'll meet by our bower in the morning.
O, how I will cling unto my love's side,
And I will kiss my bonny, bonny bride j
And I'll whisper a vow, whatever betide,
To my little flower in the morning.

Her breath is as sweet as the fragrant shower
Of dew that is blawn frae the rowan-tree flower ;
Oh ! never were the sweets of vernal bower,
Like my love's cheek in the morning.

Her eye is the blue-bell of the spring,
Her hair is the blackbird's bonny wing;
To her dear side, oh ! how I'll cling,
On our greenwood walk in the morning.

MLA

Hogg, James. “My Love's Bonny.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hogg/176/.

Chicago

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