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When the Kye comes Hame Come, all ye jolly shepherds That whistle through the glen, I ’ll tell ye of a secret That courtiers dinna ken: What is the greatest bliss That the tongue o’ man can name? ’T is to woo a bonny lassie When the kye comes hame!... Poet: James Hogg	The Skylark BIRD of the wilderness, Blithesome and cumberless, Sweet be thy matin o’er moorland and lea! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place,— O, to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay and loud Far in the... Poet: James Hogg	Jock Johnstone, the Tinkler “o, Came ye ower by the Yoke-burn Ford, Or down the King’s Road o’ the cleuch? 1 Or saw ye a knight and a lady bright, Wha ha’e gane the gate they baith shall rue?” “I saw a knight and a lady bright Ride up the cleuch at the break of day; ... Poet: James Hogg	The Women Fo’k O, SAIRLY 1 may I rue the day I fancied first the womenkind; For aye sinsyne I ne’er can hae Ae quiet thought or peace o’ mind! They hae plagued my heart an’ pleased my e’e, An’ teased an’ flattered me at will, But aye for a’ their witcherye... Poet: James Hogg
Kilmeny From “The Queen’s Wake” BONNY KILMENY gaed up the glen; But it wasna to meet Duneira’s men, Nor the rosy monk of the isle to see, For Kilmeny was pure as pure could be. It was only to hear the yorlin sing, And pu’ the cress-flower round the spring... Poet: James Hogg