Famous Nannie Poems by Famous Poets

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310. Tam o' Shanter: A Tale

...ely scanty,
It was her best, and she was vauntie.
Ah! little ken’d thy reverend grannie,
That sark she coft for her wee Nannie,
Wi twa pund Scots (’twas a’ her riches),
Wad ever grac’d a dance of witches!


 But here my Muse her wing maun cour,
Sic flights are far beyond her power;
To sing how Nannie lap and flang,
(A souple jade she was and strang),
And how Tam stood, like ane bewithc’d,
And thought his very een enrich’d:
Even Satan glowr’d, and fidg’d fu’ fain,
And hotch’d ...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert


396. Song—Wandering Willie

...e breezes, row gently ye billows,
 And waft my dear laddie ance mair to my arms.
But if he’s forgotten his faithfullest Nannie,
 O still flow between us, thou wide roaring main;
May I never see it, may I never trow it,
 But, dying, believe that my Willie’s my ain!...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

397. Song—Wandering Willie (Revised Version)

...zes, row gently, ye billows,
 And waft my dear laddie ance mair to my arms.
But oh, if he’s faithless, and minds na his Nannie,
 Flow still between us, thou wide roaring main!
May I never see it, may I never trow it,
 But, dying, believe that my Willie’s my ain!...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

Tam OShanter

...ly scanty,
It was her best, and she was vauntie.
Ah! little kenned thy reverend grannie,
That sark she coft for her wee Nannie,
Wi' twa pund Scots ('twas a' her riches),
Wad ever graced a dance of witches!

But here my Muse her wing maun cour,
Sic flights are far beyond her power;
To sing how Nannie lap and flang,
(A souple jade she was and strang),
And how Tam stood, like ane bewitched,
And thought his very een enriched;
Even Satan glowered, and fidged fu' fain,
And hotched ...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

When Dawn Comes to the City

...lawn, 
And the tethered cow is lowing, lowing, lowing, 
And dear old Ned is braying, braying, braying, 
And the shaggy Nannie goat is calling, calling, calling 
From her little trampled corner of the long wide lea 
That stretches to the waters of the hill-stream falling 
Sheer upon the flat rocks joyously! 
There, oh, there! on the island of the sea, 
There would I be at dawn. 

The tired cars go grumbling by, 
The crazy, lazy cars, 
And the same milk carts go rumbling by 
U...Read more of this...
by McKay, Claude


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