536. Song—This is no my ain lassie

Read '536. Song—This is no my ain lassie' by 'Robert Burns' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

536. Song—This is no my ain lassie by Robert Burns

 Chorus—This is no my ain lassie,
 Fair tho, the lassie be;
Weel ken I my ain lassie,
 Kind love is in her e’re.


I SEE a form, I see a face,
Ye weel may wi’ the fairest place;
It wants, to me, the witching grace,
 The kind love that’s in her e’e.
 This is no my ain, &c.


She’s bonie, blooming, straight, and tall,
And lang has had my heart in thrall;
And aye it charms my very saul,
 The kind love that’s in her e’e.
 This is no my ain, &c.


A thief sae pawkie is my Jean,
To steal a blink, by a’ unseen;
But gleg as light are lover’s een,
 When kind love is in her e’e.
 This is no my ain, &c.


It may escape the courtly sparks,
It may escape the learned clerks;
But well the watching lover marks
 The kind love that’s in her eye.
 This is no my ain, &c.

Form: Lyric

♡Like0

Share Comments