Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. III. The Eighteenth Century: Addison to Blake
George Halket (d. 1756)Logie o Buchan
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They ha’e ta’en awa’ Jamie, that delved in the yard,
Wha play’d on the pipe, and the viol sae sma’,
They ha’e ta’en awa’ Jamie, the flow’r o’ them a’.
He said, Think na lang lassie, tho’ I gang awa’;
For simmer is coming, cauld winter ’s awa’,
And I ’ll come and see thee in spite of them a’.
A house, and a hadden, and siller forbye:
Yet I ’d tak’ my ain lad, wi’ his staff in his hand,
Before I ’d ha’e him, wi’ the houses and land.
They frown upon Jamie because he is poor;
Tho’ I lo’e them as weel as a daughter should do,
They ’re nae half sa dear to me, Jamie, as you.
And think on the laddie that lo’ed me sae weel;
He had but ae saxpence, he brak it in twa,
And gied me the hauf o’t when he ga’d awa’.
Then haste ye back, Jamie, and bide na awa’,
The simmer is coming, cauld winter ’s awa’,
And ye ’ll come and see me in spite o’ them a’.