O, saw ye bonnie Leslie As she gaed o'er the border? She's gane, like Alexander, To spread her conquests farther. To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And ne'er made sic anither! Thou art a queen, fair Leslie, Thy subjects we, before thee; Thou art divine, fair Leslie, The hearts o' men adore thee. The deil he could na scaith thee, Or aught that wad belang thee; He'd look into thy bonnie face, And say, "I canna wrang thee!" The Powers aboon will tent thee; Misfortune sha' na steer thee; Thou 'rt like themselves sae lovely That ill they'll ne'er let near thee. Return again, fair Leslie, Return to Caledonie! That we may brag we hae a lass There's nane again sae bonnie. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MERELY STATEMENT by AMY LOWELL TEN YEARS OLD by LOUIS UNTERMEYER UPON JULIA'S CLOTHES by ROBERT HERRICK MAUDE CLARE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE LEPRECAUN, OR THE FAIRY SHOEMAKER by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM TO A GARDEN IN APRIL by WALTER CONRAD ARENSBERG AVIENUS: TO HIS FRIENDS by RUFUS FESTUS AVIENUS THE ALBION QUEENS, ACT 1: THE WONDER by JOHN BANKS (17TH CENTURY-) |