Social Commentaries

Tyne

by James Wilson fl. 1778 (Bell, Rhymes of Northern Bards)

From The Newcastle Song Book (1842)

Social Commentaries

Clear crystal Tyne, sweet smiling stream,
Gay be the flow'rs thy banks along,
For there the darling of my theme
Oft sports thy verdant meads among.
Flow on, sweet Tyne, and gently glide,
And pour thy commerce o'er the main,
May Plenty o'er thy banks preside,
To bless thee with her smiling train.

Green be thy fields, Britannia dear,
With plenty flowing o'er thy land,
But chief the banks of Tyne, for there
I'll often rove, at Love's command,--
There meet my lass upon the green,
And flow'ry garlands for her twine,
While smiling pleasure glads the scene,
Upon the blooming banks of Tyne.

MLA

Wilson, James. “Tyne.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wilson_james_tyneside/4/.

Chicago

Wilson, James. “Tyne.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wilson_james_tyneside/4/.

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