Summary

Bonny lass of Banaphie (1810)

“ But waking, think what I endure,
⁠while cruel you decline
Those pleasures, which can only cure
⁠this panting breast of mine.
I faint I fail, and wildly rove,
⁠because you still deny
The just reward that's due to love,
⁠and let true passion die.
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Bonny lass of Banaphie (1826)

“ But if the high and heav'nly Pow'r,
Would shield my love in dangers harm,
And owre the seas him safely guide,
Back to the bonny banks o' Clyde.
Our parting day would ne'er be seen,
Until that death struck in between,
Then a' our joys we'd lay aside,
And leave the bonny banks o' Clyde.
FINIS.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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