"For, oh! my heart was light as ony bird that flew, / And, wae as a' thing was, it had a kindly hue."
— Barnard [née Lindsay], Lady Anne (1750-1825)
Work Title
Date
w. 1772, 1776, 1810, 1825
Metaphor
"For, oh! my heart was light as ony bird that flew, / And, wae as a' thing was, it had a kindly hue."
Metaphor in Context
The days at first were dowie; but what was sad and sair,
While tears were in my ee, I kent myself nae mair;
For, oh! my heart was light as ony bird that flew,
And, wae as a' thing was, it had a kindly hue.
While tears were in my ee, I kent myself nae mair;
For, oh! my heart was light as ony bird that flew,
And, wae as a' thing was, it had a kindly hue.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "bird" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
An altered version first printed in David Herd's Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, &c. (1776). First authoritative edition published by Walter Scott in 1825.
Date of Entry
04/29/2012
