Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BONNIE INVERMAY, by COLIN RAE-BROWN


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BONNIE INVERMAY, by                    
First Line: I've roam'd afar where'er the star
Last Line: Love bonnie invermay.
Subject(s): Love


I'VE roam'd afar where'er the star
Of Fortune guided me,
But till this day, sweet Invermay,
I've ne'er forgotten thee.
Time rolls along while sigh and song
In swift succession flow,
For smiles and tears, and hopes and fears,
Are all of life we know:
Yet dear to me shall ever be
The joy of life's young day,
And still shall I, till mem'ry die,
Love Bonnie Invermay!

I love the glens, the rocky glens,
Of our romantic land,
I love her hills, her heath'ry hills,
And mountains sternly grand!
O for the days, the happy days,
When Hope's bright cup ran o'er!
But all in vain I sigh again --
They'll gladden me no more:
Yet dear to me shall ever be
The joy of life's young day,
And still shall I, till mem'ry die,
Love Bonnie Invermay!

I love the streams, the bounding streams,
That Echo loves to greet,
That dance and play, and fall in spray,
Like diamonds at our feet;
And should Fate's star lead me afar --
Or strew my path with care,
Till sorrows grow, and age's snow
Hath whiten'd every hair --
Still dear to me shall ever be
The joy of life's young day,
And still shall I, till mem'ry die,
Love Bonnie Invermay.





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