THOU HAST VOW'D BY THY FAITH, MY JEANIE. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, Thou hast vow'd by thy faith, my Jeanie, And I have sworn by my faith, my Jeanie, Foul fa' the hands wad loose sic bands, Though the wee wee cot maun be my bield, I should lap up rich in the faulds of love Thy white arm wad be a pillow to me, Far softer than the down; And love wad winnow o'er us his kind kind wings, And sweetly we'd sleep and soun'. Come here to me, thou lass whom I love, The morning is full of the presence of God, The wind is sweet amang the new flowers, The Beuk maun be ta'en when he comes hame, Wi' the holie psalmodie, And I will speak of thee when I pray, MY NANIE-O. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. Red rowes the Nith 'tween bank and brae, Though heaven and earth should mix in storm, and see my Nanie-o; I'll gang My Nanie-o, my Nanie-o; My kind and winsome Nanie-o, She holds my heart in love's dear bands, And nane can do't but Nanie-o. In preaching time sae meek she stands, I cannot get ae glimpse of grace For thieving looks at Nanie-o; My Nanie-o, my Nanie-o; The world's in love with Nanie-o; That heart is hardly worth the wear That wadnae love my Nanie-o. My breast can scarce contain my heart, I guess what heaven is by her eyes, They sparkle so divinely-o; My Nanie-o, my Nanie-o; The flower o' Nithsdale's Nanie-o; Love looks frae 'neath her long brown hair, And says, I dwell wi' Nanie-o. Tell not, thou star at gray day light, None ken o' me and Nanie-o; The stars and moon may tell't aboon, They winna wrong my Nanie-o. THE ROSE OF SHARON. Oh saw ye JAMES HOGG. the rose of the east In the valley of Sharon that grows? Ye daughters of Judah, how blest To breathe in the sweets of my rose. Come, tell me, if yet she's at rest On her couch with the lilies inwove? Or if wantons the breeze with her breast? For my heart it is sick for my love. I charge you, ye virgins unveiled, That stray 'mong the pomegranate trees, By the roes and the hinds of the field, That ye wake not my love till she please. The garden with flowers is in blow, And roses unnumbered are thereThen tell how thy love we shall know, For the daughters of Zion are fair. A bed of frankincense her cheek; A wreath of sweet myrrh is her hand; Her eye the bright gem that they seek By the rivers and streams of the land; Her smile from the morning she wins; As the cedar that smiles o'er the wood; Mid the stars and the planets above- And my bosom is ravished with love. Return with the evening star, And our couch on Amana shall be: From Shinar and Hermon afar, Thou the mountain of leopards shalt see. O Shulamite! turn to thy rest, Where the olive o'ershadows the landAs the roe of the desert make haste, For the singing of birds is at hand. |