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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BONNIE BROUKIT BAIRN, by CHRISTOPHER MURRAY GRIEVE Poet Analysis Poet'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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SKELETON OF THE FUTURE; AT LENIN'S TOMB by CHRISTOPHER MURRAY GRIEVE THE WATERGAW by CHRISTOPHER MURRAY GRIEVE WATER MUSIC by CHRISTOPHER MURRAY GRIEVE RUINES OF ROME by JOACHIM DU BELLAY THE DYING WORDS OF STONEWALL JACKSON by SIDNEY LANIER A SATIRE [OR, SATYR] AGAINST MANKIND by JOHN WILMOT TO HARTLEY COLERIDGE; SIX YEARS OLD by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE STORK by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM CHARITY by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |
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