Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ANNIE LAURIE Note.—Concerning the history of tliis song it is statedon good authority that there did really live, in the seven-teenth century, an Annie Laurie. She was a daughter ofSir Robert Laurie, first baronet of the Maxwelton family,and was celebrated for her beauty. We should be glad tohear that Annie I^aurie married the INIr. Douglas whoselove for her inspired the writing of this poem, but recordsshow that she became the wife of another man. Only the first two verses wer
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ANNIE LAURIE Note.—Concerning the history of tliis song it is statedon good authority that there did really live, in the seven-teenth century, an Annie Laurie. She was a daughter ofSir Robert Laurie, first baronet of the Maxwelton family,and was celebrated for her beauty. We should be glad tohear that Annie I^aurie married the INIr. Douglas whoselove for her inspired the writing of this poem, but recordsshow that she became the wife of another man. Only the first two verses were composed by Douglas;tlie last was added by an unknown author. >^AXWELTON braes are bonnieWhere early fas the dew,And its there that Annie LaurieGied me her promise true,—Gied me her promise true,Which neer forgot will be;And for bonnie Annie LaurieId laj^ me doune and dee. Her brow is like the snaw drift;Her throat is like the swan;Her face it is the fairestThat eer the sun shone on,—That eer the sun shone on;And dark blue is her ee;And for bonnie Annie LaurieId lav nie doune and Like dew on the gowan lyingIs the fa o her fairy feet; 119 120 The Blind Lassie And like winds in summer voice is low and sweet,—Her voice is low and sweet;And shes a the world to me;And for honnie Annie Lam*ieId lay me doune and dee. THE BLIND LASSIE Bij T. C. Latto OH ARK to the strain that sae^ sweetly is echoing clearly oer lake and oer lea,^Like some fairy bird in the wilderness singin; It thrills to my heart, yet nae^ minstrel I yonder rock knittin, a dear child is sittin, Sae toilin her pitifu pittance^ is won,Hersel tho we see nae,^ tis mitherless* Jeanie—The bonnie^ blind lassie that sits i the sun. Five years syne come autumn^ she cam^ wi hermither,A sodgers^*^ puir widow, sair^ wasted angane;^^ 1. Sae is the Scotcli word for so. 2. A lea is a grassy field or meadow. 3. Nae means no. 4. Pittance means small earnings. 5. Nae is not. 6. Mith
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