NAE star was glintin' out aboon, The cluds were dark and hid the moon; The whistling gale was in my teeth, And round me was the deep snaw wreath; But on I went the dreary mile, And sung right cantie a' the while I gae my plaid a closer fauld; My hand was warm, my heart was bauld, I didna heed the storm and cauld, While ganging to my Katie. But when I trod the same way back, It seemed a sad and waefu' track; The brae and glen were lone and lang; I didna sing my cantie sang; I felt how sharp the sleet did fa', And couldna face the wind at a'. Oh, sic a change! how could it be? I ken fu' well, and sae may ye -- The sunshine had been gloom to me While ganging frae my Katie. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WIDOW'S MITE by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON EVEN SO by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI TO THE RIGHT HON! WILLIAM EARL OF DARTMOUTH by PHILLIS WHEATLEY TO THE STATES. TO IDENTIFY THE 16TH, 17TH, OR 18TH PRESIDENTIAD by WALT WHITMAN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD MY VOCATION by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER EXODUS 15. SONG OF ISRAEL FOR THE OVERTHROW OF EGYPT IN THE RED SEA by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE RESENTIENTS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE WARTONS AND OTHER EARLY ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE-POETS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |