Fragment - Her Flwoing Locks

Portrait of Robert Burns
Robert Burns 1759–1796
74Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

HER flowing locks, the raven’s wing, Adown her neck and bosom hing; How sweet unto that breast to cling, And round that neck entwine her!

Her lips are roses wat wi’ dew, O’ what a feast her bonie mou’! Her cheeks a mair celestial hue, A crimson still diviner!

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