When in summer's noon I faint, At the starless midnight hour, And thunders rend the howling air, Peace, thy olive wand extend, And as a brother kindly greet! Then may Heaven with prosperous gales, Fill my sailor's welcome sails, To my arms their charge convey, My dear lad that's far away. CA' THE YOWES TO THE KNOWES. “I am flattered at your adopting Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes, as it was owing to me that ever it saw the light. About seven years ago, I was well acquainted with a worthy little fellow of a clergyman, a Mr. Clunie, who sang it charmingly; and, at my request, Mr. Clarke took it down from his singing. When I gave it to Johnson, I added some stanzas to the song, and mended others, but still it will not do for you. In a solitary stroll which I took to-day, I tried my hand on a few pastoral lines, following up the idea of the chorus, which I would preserve. Here it is, with all its crudities and imperfections on its head.” Burns to Mr. Thomson, Sept., 1794. CHORUS. drive the ewes CA' the yowes to the knowes, Hark! the mavis' evening-sang We'll gae down by Cluden side, Yonder Cluden's silent towers, Ghaist nor bogle shalt thou fear; goblin Nocht of ill may come thee near, While day blinks in the lift sae hie; gleams Till clay-cauld death shall blin' my ee, Ye shall be my dearie. SHE SAYS SHE LO'ES ME BEST OF A'. TUNE- Onagh's Lock. SAE flaxen were her ringlets, Her eyebrows of a darker hue, Twa laughing e'en o' bonny blue: Her smiling, sae wiling, Wad make a wretch forget his wo; Unto these rosy lips to grow! Like harmony her motion; Her pretty ankle is a spy Wad make a saint forget the sky. Her faultless form and graceful air; Ilk feature auld nature Declared that she could do nae mair. Hers are the willing chains o' love, By conquering beauty's sovereign law; Let others love the city, And gaudy show at sunny noon; The dewy eve, and rising moon, Her silver light the boughs amang; While falling, recalling, The amorous thrush concludes his sang. There, dearest Chloris, wilt thou rove shaw, meandering And hear my vows o' truth and love, Sept., 1794. grove Он, saw ye my dear, my Phely? Oh, saw ye my dear, my Phely? She's down i' the grove, she's wi' a new love, She winna come hame to her Willy. |