Lass Of Cessnock Banks, The（1 / 2）

lass of cessnock banks, the 注释标题 the lass is identified as ellison begbie, a servant wench, daughter of a “farmer lang”.

a song of similes

tune—“if he be a butcher neat and trim.”

on cessnock banks a lassie dwells;

could i describe her shape and mein;

our lasses a' she far excels,

an' she has twa sparkling roguish een.

she's sweeter than the morning dawn,

when rising phoebus first is seen,

and dew-drops twinkle o'er the lawn;

an' she has twa sparkling roguish een.

she's stately like yon youthful ash,

that grows the cowslip braes between,

and drinks the stream with vigour fresh;

an' she has twa sparkling roguish een.

she's spotless like the flow'ring thorn,

with flow'rs so white and leaves so green,

when purest in the dewy morn;

an' she has twa sparkling roguish een.

her looks are like the vernal may,

when ev'ning phoebus shines serene,

while birds rejoice on every spray;

an' she has twa sparkling roguish een.

her hair is like the curling mist,

that climbs the mountain-sides at e'en,

when flow'r-reviving rains are past;

an' she has twa sparkling roguish een.

her forehead's like the show'ry bow,

when gleaming sunbeams intervene

and gild the distant mountain's brow;