Nature

Along by Levern Stream So Clear

by James Scadlock 1775–1818

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

Nature

Along by Levern stream so clear,
When Spring adorns the infant year,
And music charms the list'ning ear,
I 'll wander with my Mary,
My bonny blooming Mary;
Not Spring itself to me is dear,
When absent from my Mary.

When Summer's sun pours on my head
His sultry rays, I 'll seek the shade,
Unseen upon a primrose bed
I 'll sit with little Mary,
My bonny blooming Mary,
Where fragrant flowers around are spread,
To charm my little Mary.

She 's mild 's the sun through April shower
That glances on the leafy bower,
She 's sweet as Flora's fav'rite flower,
My bonny little Mary,
My blooming little Mary;
Give me but her, no other dower
I 'll ask with little Mary.

Should fickle fortune frown on me,
And leave me bare 's the naked tree,
Possess'd of her, how rich I 'd be,
My lovely little Mary,
My bonny blooming Mary;
From gloomy care and sorrow free,
I 'd ever keep my Mary.

MLA

Scadlock, James. “Along by Levern Stream So Clear.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/scadlock/0/.

Chicago

Scadlock, James. “Along by Levern Stream So Clear.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/scadlock/0/.

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