Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | IV. Wooing and Winning | | The Siller Croun | | Susanna Blamire (1747–1794) |
| | | “AND ye sail walk in silk attire, | |
| And siller hae to spare, | |
| Gin ye ’ll consent to be his bride, | |
| Nor think o’ Donald mair.” | |
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| O, wha wad buy a silken goun | 5 |
| Wi’ a puir broken heart? | |
| Or what ’s to me a siller croun | |
| Gin frae my love I part? | |
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| The mind whose meanest wish is pure | |
| Far dearest is to me, | 10 |
| And ere I ’m forced to break my faith, | |
| I ’ll lay me doun an’ dee. | |
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| For I hae vowed a virgin’s vow | |
| My lover’s fate to share, | |
| An’ he has gi’en to me his heart, | 15 |
| And what can man do mair? | |
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| His mind and manners won my heart: | |
| He gratefu’ took the gift; | |
| And did I wish to seek it back, | |
| It wad be waur than theft. | 20 |
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| The langest life can ne’er repay | |
| The love he bears to me, | |
| And ere I ’m forced to break my faith, | |
| I ’ll lay me doun an’ dee. | | | | |
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