O Were My Love Yon Lilac Fair
o were my love yon lilac fair air—“hughie graham.” o were my love yon lilac fair, wi' purple blossoms to the spring, and i, a bird to shelter there, when wearied on my little wing! how i wad mour was torn by autumn wild, and winter rude! but i wad sing on wanton wing, when youthfu' may its bloom renew'd. o gin my love were yon red rose, that grows upon the castle wa'; and i myself a drap o' dew, into her bonie breast to fa'! o there, beyond expressio, i'd feast oy a' the night; seal'd on her silk-saft faulds to rest, till fley'd awa by phoebus' light!