with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns
with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns
28 Upon the green the virgins wait, In rosy chaplets gay, 'Till morn unbar her golden gate, And give the promised May. Methinks I hear the maids declare The promis'd May, when seen. Not half so fragrant, half so fair, As Kate of Aberdeen Strike up the tabor's boldest notes. We'll rouse the nodding grove; The nested birds shall raise their throats. And hail the maid I love : turned once more beneath her sheltering roof, and related his sad story. The repulse, however, preyed deeply on his spirits, and drove him to that fatal resource of disappointment,— dram driaking. When he had money he gave it away to people in distress, leaving himself pennyless. His kind protectress, Mrs. Slack, used to empty his pockets before he went out, of the httle that was in them, as one takes hal^ence from a school-boy to prevent him from purchasing improper trash : How illustrative of the childish simpHcity of his character! From his emaciated appearance in this portrait, he might be supposed very aged; yet from the inscription on his tomb-stone in the churchyard of St. John's, at Newcastle, it appears he was only 44 years old when he died. These particulars were collected from Mrs. Slack's daughter, and Mr. Thomas Bewick, both of Newcastle.
29 And see— the matin lark mistakes, He quits the tufted green Fond bird ! 'tis not the morning breaks, 'Tis Kate of Aberdeen Now hghtsome o'er the level mead, Where midnight fairies rove, Like them, the jocund dance we'll lead. Or tune the reed to love For see the rosy May draws nigh, She claims a virgin queen And hark, the happy shepherds cry, " 'Tis Kate of Aberdeen !" THE-LASS OF PATIE S MILL. In Sinclair's Statistical Account of Scotland, this song is localized (a verb I must use for want of an- other to express my idea) somewhere in the North of Scotland, and likewise is claimed hy Ayrshire.— Thefollowing anecdote I had from the present Sir William Cunningham, of Robertland, who had it from the last John, Earl of Loudon.— The then Earl of Loudon, father to Earl John, before men- tioned, had Ramsay at Loudon, and one day walk-
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29<br />
And see— the matin lark mistakes,<br />
He quits the tufted green<br />
Fond bird ! 'tis not the morning breaks,<br />
'Tis Kate of Aberdeen<br />
Now hghtsome o'er the level mead,<br />
Where midnight fairies rove,<br />
Like them, the jocund dance we'll lead.<br />
Or tune the reed to love<br />
For see the rosy May draws nigh,<br />
She claims a virgin queen<br />
And hark, the happy shepherds cry,<br />
" 'Tis Kate of Aberdeen !"<br />
THE-LASS OF PATIE S MILL.<br />
In Sinclair's Statistical Account of Scotl<strong>and</strong>, this<br />
song is localized (a verb I must use for want of an-<br />
other to express my idea) somewhere in the North of<br />
Scotl<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> likewise is claimed hy Ayrshire.—<br />
Thefollowing anecdote I had from the present Sir<br />
William Cunningham, of <strong>Robert</strong>l<strong>and</strong>, who had it<br />
from the last John, Earl of Loudon.— The then<br />
Earl of Loudon, father to Earl John, before men-<br />
tioned, had Ramsay at Loudon, <strong>and</strong> one day walk-
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