AS father Adam first was fool’d,

But thee, whom all my soul adores,Ev’n Flattery cannot flatter:Maria, all my thought and dream,Inspires my vocal shell;The more I praise my lovely theme,The more the truth I tell.

Yestreen lay on this breast o’ mineThe gowden locks of Anna.The hungry Jew in wilderness,Rejoicing o’er his manna,Was naething to my hinny blissUpon the lips of Anna.Ye monarchs, take the East and WestFrae Indus to Savannah;Gie me, within my straining grasp,The melting form of Anna:There I’ll despise Imperial charms,An Empress or Sultana,While dying raptures in…

Beneath the moon’s unclouded light,I held away to Annie:The time flew by wi’ tentless heedTill ‘tween the late and early,Wi’ sma’ persuasion, she agreedTo see me thro’ the barley.Corn rigs, an’ barley rigs,An’ corn rigs are bonnie:I’ll ne’er forget that happy night,Amang the rigs wi’ Annie.The sky was blue, the wind was still,The moon was…

She ‘s gane, like Alexander,To spread her conquests farther.To see her is to love her,And love but her for ever;For Nature made her what she is,And ne’er made sic anither!Thou art a queen, fair Lesley,Thy subjects we, before thee:Thou art divine, fair Lesley,The hearts o’ men adore thee.The Deil he couldna scaith thee,Or aught that…

Nor with unwilling ear attendThe moralising Muse.Since thou, in all thy youth and charms,Must bid the world adieu,(A world ‘gainst Peace in constant arms)To join the Friendly Few.Since, thy gay morn of life o’ercast,Chill came the tempest’s lour;(And ne’er Misfortune’s eastern blastDid nip a fairer flower.)Since life’s gay scenes must charm no more,Still much is…

The mirksome night did me enfauld,I knew na whare to lodge till day:By my gude luck a maid I met,Just in the middle o’ my care,And Kindly she did me inviteTo walk into a chamber fair.I bow’d fu’ low unto this maid,And thank’d her for her courtesie;I bow’d fu’ low unto this maid,An bade her…