Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Doon, the River | | The Banks of Doon | | Robert Burns (1759–1796) |
| | | YE banks and braes of bonnie Doon, | |
| How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair! | |
| How can ye chant, ye little birds, | |
| And I sae weary, fu’ o’ care! | |
| Thou ’lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, | 5 |
| That wantons thro’ the flowering thorn: | |
| Thou minds me o’ departed joys, | |
| Departed—never to return. | |
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| Aft hae I roved by bonnie Doon, | |
| To see the rose and woodbine twine; | 10 |
| And ilka bird sang o’ its luve, | |
| And fondly sae did I o’ mine. | |
| Wi’ lightsome heart I pu’d a rose, | |
| Fu’ sweet upon its thorny tree; | |
| And my fause luver stole my rose, | 15 |
| But, ah! he left the thorn wi’ me. | | | | |
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