English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 27. Bonnie George Campbell |
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| HIE upon Hielands, | |
| and laigh upon Tay, | |
| Bonnie George Campbell | |
| rode out on a day. | |
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| He saddled, he bridled, | 5 |
| and gallant rode he, | |
| And hame cam his guid horse, | |
| but never cam he. | |
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| Out cam his mother dear, | |
| greeting fu sair, | 10 |
| And out cam his bonnie bryde, | |
| riving 1 her hair. | |
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| “The meadow lies green, | |
| the corn is unshorn, | |
| But bonnie George Campbell | 15 |
| will never return,” | |
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| Saddled and bridled | |
| and booted rode he, | |
| A plume in his helmet, | |
| A sword at his knee. | 20 |
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| But toom 2 cam his saddle, | |
| all bloody to see, | |
| Oh, hame cam his guid horse, | |
| but never cam he! | |
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