Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROTHESAY BAY, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK Poet's Biography First Line: Fu' yellow lie the corn-rigs Last Line: Aboon sweet rothesay bay. Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria | ||||||||
FU' yellow lie the corn rigs Far doun the braid hillside; It is the brawest harst field Alang the shores o'Clyde, -- And I'm a puir harst-lassie That stan's the lee-lang day Shearing the corn-rigs of Ardbeg Aboon sweet Rothesay Bay. O I had ance a true-love, -- Now, I hae nane ava; And I had ance three brithers, But I hae tint them a'; My father and my mither Sleep i' the mools this day. I sit my lane amang the rigs Aboon sweet Rothesay Bay. It's a bonnie bay at morning, And bonnier at the noon, But it's bonniest when the sun draps And red comes up the moon: When the mist creeps o'er the Cambrays, And Arran peaks are gray, And the great black hills, like sleepin' kings, Sit grand roun' Rothesay Bay, Then a bit sigh stirs my bosom, And a wee tear blin's my e'e, -- And I think o'that far Countrie What I wad like to be! But I rise content i' the morning To wark while wark I may I' the yellow harst field of Ardbeg Aboon sweet Rothesay Bay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOUGLAS, DOUGLAS, TENDER AND TRUE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK HER LIKENESS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK NOW AND AFTERWARDS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK ONLY A WOMAN by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK PHILIP, MY KING by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A 'MERCENARY' MARRIAGE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A CHILD'S SMILE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A CHRISTMAS CAROL by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A DEAD BABY by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A DEAD SEA-GULL; NEAR LIVERPOOL by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK |
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