| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Robert Burns. 1759–1796 |
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| 506. Hark! the Mavis |
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| CA' the yowes to the knowes, | |
| Ca' them where the heather grows, | |
| Ca' them where the burnie rows, | |
| My bonnie dearie. | |
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| Hark! the mavis' evening sang | 5 |
| Sounding Clouden's woods amang, | |
| Then a-faulding let us gang, | |
| My bonnie dearie. | |
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| We'll gae down by Clouden side, | |
| Through the hazels spreading wide, | 10 |
| O'er the waves that sweetly glide | |
| To the moon sae clearly. | |
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| Yonder Clouden's silent towers, | |
| Where at moonshine midnight hours | |
| O'er the dewy bending flowers | 15 |
| Fairies dance sae cheery. | |
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| Ghaist nor bogle shalt thou fear; | |
| Thou'rt to Love and Heaven sae dear, | |
| Nocht of ill may come thee near, | |
| My bonnie dearie. | 20 |
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| Fair and lovely as thou art, | |
| Thou hast stown my very heart; | |
| I can die—but canna part, | |
| My bonnie dearie. | |
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| While waters wimple to the sea; | 25 |
| While day blinks in the lift sae hie; | |
| Till clay-cauld death shall blin' my e'e, | |
| Ye shall be my dearie. | |
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| Ca' the yowes to the knowes... | |
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