Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
400 . SongLovely young Jessie
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And fair are the maids on the banks of the Ayr;
But by the sweet side o’ the Nith’s winding river,
Are lovers as faithful, and maidens as fair:
To equal young J
To equal young J
Grace, beauty, and elegance, fetter her lover,
And maidenly modesty fixes the chain.
And sweet is the lily, at evening close; But in the fair presence o’ lovely young Jessie, Unseen is the lily, unheeded the rose. Love sits in her smile, a wizard ensnaring; Enthron’d in her een he delivers his law: And still to her charms SHE alone is a stranger; Her modest demeanour’s the jewel of a’.