...off its thorny tree, And my fause luver staw the "rose, But left, the thorn \vi' uu\ SECUXD VKHSIOX. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom...fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae wearjr, i'u' o' care ! Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons through the flowering...

...prayer. Good-bye. I shall write again soon. Tour friend, HW LETTEE NO. IV. " Te banks and braes o' bonnle Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ? How can ye chant. ye little birds, And I BO weary, fu' o* care ? Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons through the flowering...

...from every eye, To give repentance to her lover And wring his bosom, is—to die. cxxxix O. Goldsmith Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon How can ye bloom sae fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care ! Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie...

...myself by her side. She sang with touching pathos the old Scottish song, " Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ? How can ye sing, ye little birds, And I sae wearie, f u' o' care ?" At the end of the verse she stopped. Then...

...shall be a Posie to my ain dear May. THE BANKS 0' DOON. TUNE — " THE CALEDONIAN HUNT's DELIGHT." [JE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae...Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons through the flowering thorn : Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed — never to return. Thou'lt...

...my ain dear May. THE BANKS OF DOON. TUNE — Caledonian Hunt's Delight. YE banks and braes o' bonny Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ; How can...chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o' care ! 22 WILLIE WASTLE. [1792. Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons through the flowering...

...the scene. Well might the poor Countess of Cassilis have exclaimed— " Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sac weary fu' o' care ! " But this beautiful lyric was not then in existence, nor for nearly two centuries...

...was a wee girlie, but it was choked lang agone." (Then she began to chant, in a wild strain) : — 1 Ye banks and braes' o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fair ; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care.' Then stopping abruptly, she made...

...lines in The fa o' Doon : — •• Flow can ye chant, ye little bird», And I sae »eary, fu' o'care! ] joyn, Departed, nevtr to return !" So she, deep-drenched in a sea of care, Holds disputation with each...

...bloom sae fresh an' fair ; How can ye chant, ye little birds, An' I sae weary fu' o' care ! Thou 'It break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro'...flowering thorn : Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed — never to return ! Aft ha'e I rov'd by bonnie Doon, To see the rose an' woodbine twine...