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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UP IN THE AIR, by ALLAN RAMSAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now the sun's gane out o' sight Last Line: Dinna cheat, but drink fair, Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Wine | |||
Now the sun's gane out o' sight. Beet the ingle and snuff the light: In glens the fairies skip and sance, And witches wallop o'er to France, Up in the air On my bonny grey mare. And I see her yet, and I see her yet, Up in the air On my bonny grey mare. The wind's drifting hail and sna' O'er frozen hags like a foot ba', Nae starns keek throw the azure slit, 'Tis cauld and mirk as ony pit, The man I' the moon Is carowsing aboon, D'ye see, d'ye see, d'ye see him yet? The man I' the moon Is carowsing aboon, Take your glass to clear your een, 'Tis the elixir hales the spleen, Baith wit and mirth it will inspire, And gently puffs the lover's fire, Up in the air, It drives away care, Ha'e wi'ye, ha'e wi'ye and ha'e wi'ye lads yet, Up in the air, It drives away care, Steek the doors, keep out the frost, Come, Willy, gi'es about yer tost, Til't lads, and lilt it out, And let us ha'e a blythsom bowt, Up wi' there, there Dinna cheat, but drink fair, Huzza, huzza, and huzza lads yet, Up wi' there, there Dinna cheat, but drink fair, | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CUP OF TREMBLINGS by JOHN HOLLANDER VINTAGE ABSENCE by JOHN HOLLANDER SENT WITH A BOTTLE OF BURGUNDY FOR A BIRTHDAY by JOHN HOLLANDER TO A CIVIL SERVANT by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG WINE by FRIEDRICH MARTIN VON BODENSTEDT THE GOOD FELLOW by ALEXANDER BROME WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN LOCHABER NO MORE by ALLAN RAMSAY |
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