...confession 'Gainst fortune's fell, cruel decree — Jessy ! Here's a health, &c. THE BANKS O' UOON. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh...bird, That wantons through the flowering thorn ; Thou mind'st me o' departed joys, Departed never to return. Oft hae I roved by bonnie Doon, To see the rose...

...cruel decree — Jessy ! Here's a health, &c. THE BANKS 0 I100N. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Boon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ; How can ye chant,...bird, That wantons through the flowering thorn ; Thou mind'st me o' departed joys, Departed never to return. Oft hae I roved by bonnie Boon, To see the rose...

...natural powers.] Cljr ШпЬ о' Soon. SECOND VERSION. Tune— Caledonian Hunt's Delight, I. YE banks ck-skin breeches. His ft/ o' care ! Thon'll break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn :...

...Nancy, Oh ! ne'er to meet mair. THE BANKS O' DOON.' Tune — "Caledonian Hunt's Delight." YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh...Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn : Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed never to return. * Of this affecting...

...their most admired pieces. What has Bums written more beautiful than "The Banks tf Doon?" " Te banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ; How can ye chant, ye little birds, While I'm sae weary, fa' o' care 1" Even Hood, perhaps the greatest of English humorists, owes his...

...Tennyson's — On the bald street breaks the blank day; or B urns' s— Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fii" o' care; or Lord Lytton's (Owen Meredith's. — The day comes up above the roofs All sallow from...

...Kirk.' Tune.— The Caledonian Hunt's Delight. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom so fresh and fair, How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu1 o' care ! Thou 'It break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn :...

...humble clay cot, the first nestling place of the Mavis of Scotland, was smothered in garlands. Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ! Fusiliers, bag-pipers, free masons, Crispins, weavers, ancient foresters wilh arrows, proceeded to...

...hirds, And I sae weary fu' o' care ! Thou'll hreak my heart them warhling hird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn: Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed never to return. Oft hae I rov'd hy honme Doon, To see the rose and woodhine twine ; And ilka hird sang o' its hive, And, fondly, sae...

...far frae Logan braes." &c. &c. &c. A very touching plaint too is — THE BANKS o' DOON. " YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh...chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o' care ! Thou 'It break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro" the flowering thorn : Thou minds...