But 'spare to speak, and spare to speed'--
She'll aiblins listen to my vow: [perhaps]
Should she refuse, I'll lay my dead [death]
To her twa een sae bonnie blue.


BONNIE LESLEY

O saw ye bonnie Lesley
As she gaed o'er the border? [went]
She's gane, like Alexander,
To spread her conquests farther.

To see her is to love her,
And love but her for ever;
For Nature made her what she is,
And never made anither!

Thou art a queen, fair Lesley,
Thy subjects, we before thee:
Thou art divine, fair Lesley,
The hearts o' men adore thee.

The Deil he could na scaith thee, [harm]
Or aught that wad belang thee;
He'd look into thy bonnie face,
And say, 'I canna wrang thee.'

The Powers aboon will tent thee; [above, guard]
Misfortune sha'na steer thee; [shall not disturb]