William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.
Bonnie LesleyRobert Burns (17591796)
O
As she gaed o’er the Border?
She’s gane, like Alexander,
To spread her conquests farther.
And love but her for ever;
For Nature made her what she is,
And never made anither!
Thy subjects, we before thee;
Thou art divine, fair Lesley,
The hearts o’ men adore thee.
Or aught that wad belang thee;
He’d look into thy bonnie face,
And say—“I canna wrang thee!”
Misfortune sha’na steer thee;
Thou’rt like themselves sae lovely
That ill they’ll ne’er let near thee.
Return to Caledonie!
That we may brag we hae a lass
There’s nane again sae bonnie.