NAE star was glintin' out aboon, The cluds were dark and hid the moon; The whistling gale was in my teeth, And round me was the deep snaw wreath; But on I went the dreary mile, And sung right cantie a' the while I gae my plaid a closer fauld; My hand was warm, my heart was bauld, I didna heed the storm and cauld, While ganging to my Katie. But when I trod the same way back, It seemed a sad and waefu' track; The brae and glen were lone and lang; I didna sing my cantie sang; I felt how sharp the sleet did fa', And couldna face the wind at a'. Oh, sic a change! how could it be? I ken fu' well, and sae may ye -- The sunshine had been gloom to me While ganging frae my Katie. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SUPPLEMENT OF AN IMPERFECT COPY OF VERSES OF MR. WILL. SHAKESPEARE'S by JOHN SUCKLING SONNET: 20 by RICHARD BARNFIELD PSALM 126 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PSALM 24. DOMINI EST TERRA by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE SNOW OR SNOWDROPS? by MATHILDE BLIND BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS: BOOK 1. THE FOURTH SONG by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |