Lass Of Cessnock Banks, The（1 / 2）

  lass of cessnock banks, the 注释标题 the lass is identified as ellison begbie, a servant wench, daughter of a “farmer lang”.
  a song of similes
  tune—“if he be a butcher neat and trim.”
  on cessnock banks a lassie dwells;
  could i describe her shape and mein;
  our lasses a' she far excels,
  an' she has twa sparkling roguish een.
  she's sweeter than the morning dawn,
  when rising phoebus first is seen,
  and dew-drops twinkle o'er the lawn;
  an' she has twa sparkling roguish een.
  she's stately like yon youthful ash,
  that grows the cowslip braes between,
  and drinks the stream with vigour fresh;
  an' she has twa sparkling roguish een.
  she's spotless like the flow'ring thorn,
  with flow'rs so white and leaves so green,
  when purest in the dewy morn;
  an' she has twa sparkling roguish een.
  her looks are like the vernal may,
  when ev'ning phoebus shines serene,
  while birds rejoice on every spray;
  an' she has twa sparkling roguish een.
  her hair is like the curling mist,
  that climbs the mountain-sides at e'en,
  when flow'r-reviving rains are past;
  an' she has twa sparkling roguish een.
  her forehead's like the show'ry bow,
  when gleaming sunbeams intervene
  and gild the distant mountain's brow; ↑返回顶部↑