wee allan.
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Wee Allan.
Part First.
Ilk ane lo'ed the bashfu' callan,
Wha sae eager seemed to learn;
Ilk ane smiled upon Wee Allan,
Blessed an' roosed the widow's bairn.
Simmer morns wad see him wendin'
Wi his bukes owre moor an' hill,
Nor could winter rains descendin'
Keep him frae the Village School.
Wha sae eager seemed to learn;
Ilk ane smiled upon Wee Allan,
Blessed an' roosed the widow's bairn.
Simmer morns wad see him wendin'
Wi his bukes owre moor an' hill,
Nor could winter rains descendin'
Keep him frae the Village School.
How his mither's heart was lifted
Boon the weicht o' warldly care,
When they said her bairn was gifted
Wi' endowments rich an' rare!
How her een wi' pleasure glinted,
An' Wee Allan's cheek was dyed,
When the gossips plainly hinted
He wad yet be a' their pride!
Boon the weicht o' warldly care,
When they said her bairn was gifted
Wi' endowments rich an' rare!
How her een wi' pleasure glinted,
An' Wee Allan's cheek was dyed,
When the gossips plainly hinted
He wad yet be a' their pride!
Seasons came an' went like shadows—
Allan, tall an' strappin' stood,
Rangin' by himsel' the meadows,
An' the silent, lanely wood;
Scribblin' aye the glowin' sonnet,
And in Nature's wilds apart
Liftin' noo an' then his bonnet,
In the homage o' his heart.
Allan, tall an' strappin' stood,
Rangin' by himsel' the meadows,
An' the silent, lanely wood;
Scribblin' aye the glowin' sonnet,
And in Nature's wilds apart
Liftin' noo an' then his bonnet,
In the homage o' his heart.
