Seven favourite songs (1)/Blink bonniely, thou e'ening star

BLINK BONNIELY, THOU E'ENING STAR

Blink bonniely, thou e’ening Star,
Thou tell’st me o’ my tryst yestreen,
But sweeter were the blinks o’ love,
That sparkled in twa smiling e’en,

Beside the widely wimpling burn,
Reflecting back thy golden beam,
I woo’d my faithful Emma’s heart,
Hope long had nurs’d the flattering dream.

Blink bonniely thou E’ening Star,
Thou tell’st me o’ my tryst yestreen,
The witness of our faithful vows,
Upon the sedgy banks sae green.

Love ay will twine its bonnie bower,
A fragrant bower for ever green,
And days o’ love and saft delight
Will tell me o’ my tryst yestreen.

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