THE BONNIE BROUKIT BAIRN, by CHRISTOPHER MURRAY GRIEVEPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: Mars is braw in crammasy Last Line: The haill clanjamfrie! Alternate Author Name(s): Macdiarmid, Hugh Variant Title(s): For Peggy
MARS is braw in crammasy, Venus in a green silk goun, The auld mune shak's her gowden feathers, Their starry talk's a wheen o' blethers, Nane for thee a thochtie sparin', Earth, thou bonnie broukit bairn! -- But greet, an' in your tears ye'll droun The haill clanjamfrie!
