CIII.
Reading edition
IT IS NA, JEAN, THY BONNIE FACE.
Tune—“The Maid’s Complaint.”
[Burns found this song in English attire, bestowed a Scottish dress upon it, and published it in the Museum, together with the air by Oswald, which is one of his best.]
I.
It is na, Jean, thy bonnie face, Nor shape that I admire, Altho’ thy beauty and thy grace Might weel awake desire. Something in ilka part o’ thee, To praise, to love, I find; But dear as is thy form to me, Still dearer is thy mind.
II.
Nae mair ungen’rous wish I hae, Nor stronger in my breast, Than, if I canna mak thee sae, at least to see thee blest. Content am I, if heaven shall give But happiness to thee: And as wi’ thee I’d wish to live, For thee I’d bear to die.