Nature
Her Lip Is o' the Rose's Hue
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, vol. 5 (1855–57)
Her lip is o' the rose's hue,
Like links o' goud her hair,
Her e'e is o' the azure blue,
An' love beams ever there;
Her step is like the mountain goat's
That climbs the stately Ben,
Her voice sweet as the mavis' notes
That haunt her native glen.
There is a sweet wee hazel bower
Where woodbine blossoms twine,
There Jeanie, ae auspicious hour,
Consented to be mine;
An' there we meet whene'er we hae
An idle hour to spen',
An' Jeanie ne'er has rued the day
She met me in the glen.
Oh bricht, bricht are the evenin' beams,
An' sweet the pearly dew,
An' lovely is the star that gleams
In gloamin's dusky brow;
But brichter, sweeter, lovelier far,
Aboon a' human ken,
Is my sweet pearl--my lovely star--
My Jeanie o' the glen.
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Parker, James. “Her Lip Is o' the Rose's Hue.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/parker/1/.
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Parker, James. “Her Lip Is o' the Rose's Hue.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/parker/1/.
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