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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
she says she loes me best of a' tune—“oonagh's waterfall.” sae flaxen were her ringlets, her eyebrows of a darker hue, bewitchingly o'er-arching twa laughing e'en o' lovely blue; her smiling, sae wyling. wad make a wretch forget his woe; what pleasure, what treasure, unto these rosy lips to grow! such was my chloris' bonie face, when first that bonie face i saw; and aye my chloris' dearest charm— she says, she lo'es me best of a'. like harmony her motion, her pretty ankle is a spy, betraying fair proportion, wad make a saint forget the sky: sae warming, sae charming, her faultless form and gracefu' air; ilk feature—auld nature declar'd that she could do nae mair: hers are the willing chains o' love, by conquering beauty's sovereign law; and still my chloris' dearest charm— she says, she lo'es me best of a'. let others love the city, and gaudy show, at sunny noon; gie me the lonely valley, the dewy eve and rising moon, fair beaming, and streaming, her silver light the boughs amang; while falling; recalling, the amorous thrush concludes his sang; there, dearest chloris, wilt thou rove, by wimpling burn and leafy shaw, and hear my vows o' truth and love, and say, thou lo'es me best of a'.M.HZGjJx.cOM