Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
The Lily o Glenlyon
By William Wilson (18011860)S
Upon the bending harebell blue,
But sweeter far is she I lo’e,—
The Lily o’ Glenlyon.
Wi’ Lowland maids danced on the green,
But nane like her I kissed yestreen,—
The Lily o’ Glenlyon.
That whispers down the blossomed dale,
An’ soft as lover’s wooing tale,—
Sweet Lily o’ Glenlyon.
The violet bloom by ruined tower,
But thou art beauty’s peerless flower,—
Sweet Lily o’ Glenlyon.
Thy brawest veil ’s the tartan plaid,
My Highland love, my mountain maid,
My Lily o’ Glenlyon.
That shot sic deadly glaumerie,
Hath bound my heart for aye to thee,
Sweet Lily o’ Glenlyon.