I "WILLY'S rare, and Willy's fair, And Willy's wondrous bonny; And Willy heght to marry me, Gin e'er he marryd ony. II "Yestreen I made my bed fu' braid The night I'll make it narrow, For a' the live-long winter's night I lie twin'd of my marrow. III "O came you by yon water-side? Pu'd you the rose or lily? Or came you by yon meadow green? Or saw you my sweet Willy?" IV She sought him east, she sought him west, She sought him braid and narrow; Sine, in the clifting of a craig, She found him drown'd in Yarrow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE INFLATION OF THE CURRENCY, 1919 by ROBERT FROST SPECIAL EFFECTS by JAMES GALVIN AT THE ZOO IN SPAIN by CLARENCE MAJOR KEATS TO FANNY BRAWNE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: DOW BRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |