...was from very love not wholly unfaithful to that trust." w OHAPTEE IU. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. " O gin my love were yon red rose, That grows upon the castle wa' ; And I mysel' a drap o' dew, Into her bonnie breast to fa'." Old Battad fragment quoted in Burns. " O, that...

...long as Skooroora's high top shall they stand. O GIN MY LOVE WERE YON RED ROSE. FROM MR. HERD'S MS. O GIN my love were yon red rose, That grows upon the castle wa', And I mysell a drap of dew, Down on that red rose I would fa'. Quny love's bonny, bonny, bonny ; My love's bonny, and fair to see...

...autumn wild and winter rude ! But I wad sing, on wanton wing, When youthl'u' May its bloom renew'd. Oh gin' my love were yon red rose, That grows upon the castle wa', And I mysel a drap o' dew, Into her bonnie breast to fa' ; Oh there beyond expression blest, I 'd feast on...

...George Thomson,) the following beautiful little fragment in Wotherspoon's* collection of Scots Songs ? O gin my love were yon red rose, That grows upon the castle wa' ! And I myself a drap of dew, Into her bonny breast to fa' I Oh there beyond expression blest I'd feast on...

...George Thomson,) the following beautiful little fragment in Wotherspoon's* collection of Scots Songs ? O gin my love were yon red rose, That grows upon the castle wa' ! And I myself a drap of dew, Into her bonny breast to fa' ! Oh there beyond expression blest I'd feast on...

...old Scotch song in Witherspoon's collection which has been imitated by Burns, and begins thus : — " O gin my love were yon red rose, That grows upon the castle wa'." The parallel to this is traceable, perhaps, in the stanzas Fortitude of the Celt. 345 of the " Hirondelles."...

...know the following beautiful little fragment, in Witherspoon's Collection of Scots Songs '•* 41 О gin my love were yon red rose, " That grows upon the castle wo1 "And I mysel' a drap о1 dew, " Into her bonnte breast to fa* ! 41 Oh ! there beyond expression...

...from under us." " The old saw, father—' Good company makes the way shorter.' " "Well, now : ' Oh gin my love were yon red rose, That grows upon the castle wa', And l myself a drap o' dew, Into her bonnie breast to fa', ' Oh there, beyond expression blest, I'd feast...

...additional words to the following beautiful fragment published in Herd's collection, Vol. IL, 1776 : — " O gin my love were yon red rose, that grows upon the castle w''. Referring to Burns' additional words, Cuuningham observes that he made an unhappy choiee in sheltering...

...soon may peace bring happy days, And Willie hame to Logan braes ! SONG. AIR — 'Hughie Graham' 1 OH, gin my love were yon red rose, That grows upon the castle wa', And I mysel' a drap o' dew, Into her bonnie breast to fa'! .2 Oh, there beyond expression blest, I'd feast...