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I GAED HAME WI' JESSIE. The moon was shedding lustre O'er field and forest far, And joyous love was streaming Frae mony a happy star; The merry burn was singing Wi' ne'er a thocht o' care, As I gaed hame wi' Jessie Frae the Fair.
In stillness and in sweetness The world around us lay, Dreaming the dreams of beauty That never come by day; My heart, in tune wi' nature, Wove blissful fancies there, As I gaed hame wi' Jessie Frae the Fair. O, mony are the pleasures The years in passing bring, And dear to us the mem'ries That roun' thae pleasures cling; But dearer than the dearest I count the evening rare When I gaed hame WI' Jessie Frae the Fair. I envy not the grandeur Or riohes of the great, For love, the heart 's best treasure, Comes not with high estate; The joys that wealth can purchase Can ne'er wi' mine compare, For I gaed hame wi' Jessie Frae the Fair. ?TOBERMORY.
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Probable period of publication:
1870-1890 shelfmark: RB.m.143(201)
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