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Literature Network » Robert Burns » Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns » I Reign In Jeanie's Bosom
Louis, what reck I by thee,
Or Geordie on his ocean?
Dyvor, beggar louns to me,
I reign in Jeanie's bosom!
Let her crown my love her law,
And in her breast enthrone me,
Kings and nations--swith awa'!
Reif randies, I disown ye!
It Is Na, Jean, Thy Bonie Face
It is na, Jean, thy bonie face,
Nor shape that I admire;
Altho' thy beauty and thy grace
Might weel awauk desire.
Something, in ilka part o' thee,
To praise, to love, I find,
But dear as is thy form to me,
Still dearer is thy mind.
Nae mair ungenerous wish I hae,
Nor stronger in my breast,
Than, if I canna make thee sae,
At least to see thee blest.
Content am I, if heaven shall give
But happiness, to thee;
And as wi' thee I'd wish to live,
For thee I'd bear to die.
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