The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/O bonie was yon rosy Brier
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O BONIE WAS YON ROSY BRIER.
TUNE—'I WISH MY LOVE WAS IN A MIRE.'
O bonie was yon rosy brier,That blooms sae fair frae haunt o' man;And bonie she, and ah, how dear!It shaded frae the e'enin sun.
Yon rosebuds in the morning dew,How pure amang the leaves sae green;But purer was the lover's vowThey witness'd in their shade yestreen.
All in its rude and prickly bower,That crimson rose, how sweet and fair!But love is far a sweeter flowerAmid life's thorny path o' care.
The pathless wild, and wimpling burn,Wi' Chloris in my arms, be mine;And I, the world, nor wish, nor scorn,Its joys and griefs alike resign.