Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LEA [LEE] RIG, by ROBERT FERGUSSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Will ye gang owr the lee-rig Last Line: Wi you, my kind dearie o! Alternate Author Name(s): Ferguson, Robert Subject(s): Courtship | ||||||||
Will ye gang owr the lee-rigg, My ain kind deary O! And cuddle there sae kindly Wi me, my kind deary O? At thornie-dike and birken-tree We'll daff, and ne'er be weary O; They'll scug ill een frae you and me, Mine ain kind deary O. Nae herds wi kent or colly there, Shall ever come to fear ye O; But lav'rocks, whistling in the air, Shall woo, like me, their deary O! While others herd their lambs and ewes, And toil for warld's gear, my jo, Upon the lee my pleasure grows, Wi you, my kind dearie O! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AS YOU WALK OUT ONE MORNING by GLYN MAXWELL TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON by GLYN MAXWELL THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MARJORIE'S WOOING by EMMA LAZARUS THE FORTUNATE SPILL by MARILYN NELSON REQUEST TO LEDA by DYLAN THOMAS BRAID CLAITH by ROBERT FERGUSSON THE DAFT DAYS by ROBERT FERGUSSON A DRINK ECLOGUE: LANDLADY, BRANDY AND WHISKY by ROBERT FERGUSSON |
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