Phemie Irving. Allan Cunningham (1784-1842). Corrie. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. 1876-79. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes. Scotland: Vols. VI-VIII

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.

Corrie

Phemie Irving

Allan Cunningham (1784–1842)


GAY is thy glen, Corrie,
With all thy groves flowering;
Green is thy glen, Corrie,
When July is showering;
And sweet is yon wood where	5
The small birds are bowering,
For there dwells the sweet one
Whom I am adoring.

Her round neck is whiter
Than winter when snowing;	10
Her meek voice is milder
Than Ae in its flowing;
The glad ground yields music
When she goes by the river;
One kind glance would charm me	15
For ever and ever.

The proud and the wealthy
To Phemie are bowing;
No looks of love win they
With sighing and suing.	20
Far away maun I stand
With my rude wooing;
She ’s a floweret too lovely
To bloom for my pu’ing.

O, were I yon violet	25
On which she is walking!
O, were I yon small bird
To which she is talking!
Or yon rose in her hand,
With its ripe, ruddy blossom,	30
Or some pure, gentle thought
To be blest with her bosom!