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Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Robert Burns. 17591796
496. My Bonnie Mary
GO fetch to me a pint o’ wine, | |
An’ fill it in a silver tassie, | |
That I may drink, before I go, | |
A service to my bonnie lassie. | |
The boat rocks at the pier o’ Leith, | 5 |
Fu’ loud the wind blaws frae the ferry, | |
The ship rides by the Berwick-law, | |
And I maun leave my bonnie Mary. | |
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The trumpets sound, the banners fly, | |
The glittering spears are rankèd ready; | 10 |
The shouts o’ war are heard afar, | |
The battle closes thick and bloody; | |
But it ‘s no the roar o’ sea or shore | |
Wad mak me langer wish to tarry; | |
Nor shout o’ war that ‘s heard afar— | 15 |
It ‘s leaving thee, my bonnie Mary! | |