Robert Burns,
The Sentimental Songster — I Gaed a waefu' Gate Yestreen
(1840s)
“ An’ aye the stound, the deadly wound, Cam frae her een sae bonnie blue. But spare I’ll speak, an spare I’ll speed She’ll ablins listen to my vow; Should she refuse, I’ll lay my head To her twa een sae bonny blue. ”
