573. The Babie. Hugh Miller. 1909-14. English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald. The Harvard Classics

English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

573. The Babie

Hugh Miller (1802–1856)


NAE shoon to hide her tiny taes,
Nae stockings on her feet;
Her supple ankles white as snow
Of early blossoms sweet.

Her simple dress of sprinkled pink,	5
Her double, dimpled chin;
Her pucker’d lip and bonny mou’,
With nae ane tooth between.

Her een sae like her mither’s een,
Twa gentle, liquid things;	10
Her face is like an angel’s face—
We’re glad she has nae wings.