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BONNIE ANN by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: YE GALLANTS BRIGHT, I REDE YOU RIGHT
Last Line: BEWARE O' BONNIE ANN!
Subject(s): BEAUTY;

Ye gallants bright, I rede you right,
Beware o' bonnie Ann;
Her comely face sae fu' o' grace,
Your heart she will trepan:
Her een sae bright, like stars by night,
Her skin sae like the swan;
Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist,
That sweetly ye might span.

Youth, Grace, and Love attendant move,
And pleasure leads the van:
In a' their charms, and conquering arms,
They wait on bonnie Ann.
The captive bands may chain the hands,
But love enslaves the man:
Ye gallants braw, I rede you a',
Beware o' bonnie Ann!



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