Love
My Love She's but a Lassie Yet
From The Poetical Works of the Ettrick Shepherd (Blackie, 1838–40)
My love she's but a lassie yet,
A lightsome lovely lassie yet ;
It scarce wad do
To sit an' woo
Down by the stream sae glassy yet
But there's a braw time coming yet,
When we may gang a-roaming yet ;
An' hint wi' glee
O' joys to be,
When fa's the modest gloaming yet.
She's neither proud nor saucy yet,
She's neither plump nor gaucy yet ;
But just a jinking,
Bonny blinking,
Hilty-skilty lassie yet.
But O her artless smile's mair sweet
Than hinny or than marmalete ;
An' right or wrang,
Ere it be lang,
I'll bring her to a parley yet.
I'm jealous o' what blesses her,
The very breeze that kisses her,
The flowery beds
On which she treads,
Though wae for ane that misses her.
Then O to meet my lassie yet,
Up in yon glen sae grassy yet ;
For all I see
Are nought to me,
Save her that's but a lassie yet !
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MLA
Hogg, James. “My Love She's but a Lassie Yet.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hogg/194/.
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Hogg, James. “My Love She's but a Lassie Yet.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hogg/194/.
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