...Editor has good authority in stating that Jessy Lewars was the heroine of another of Bums' songs : Oh 1 wert thou in the cauld blast On yonder lea, on yonder lea — which the poet wrote to continue something of the sentiment contained in the whimsical old verses...

...'Tis done !" says Jove ; so ends my story, And Winter once rejoiced in glory. ADDRESS TO A LADY. OH wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My ploidie to the ancry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter tbee : Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around...

...faith, she'll soon o'ergang ye. OH, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST. Tune — "Lass o' Liviatone." OH, wort thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder...a', to share it a'. Or were I in the wildest waste, Sac black and bare, sae black and bare, The desert were a paradise, If thou wert there, if thou wert...

...venture'! in my rhymes. O, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST.t TUNE — ' THE LASS OF LIVINGSTO1SE.' 2 O, WERT thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder...should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'. VAH. ' dauntin. 2 ' The Robin came to Wren's nest.' t It is said, that Mrs. Riddel was the heroine...

...venture't in my rhymes. O, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST.! TONE — ' THE LASS OF LIVINGSTONE.'5 O, WERT thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea ; IVty plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms...

...feelings with which he regarded her: " Oh. wert thon in the caulil blast, On yonder lea, on yonder Iea ; My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd...misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee M;iw, Thybield should be my boeoro, To share it a', to share it a.' - Or wire I in the wildest waste....

...expressive of the almost paternal feelings with which he regarded her: " <Mi weit thou in the otuld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea ; My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee. I'd shelter the« : Or did misfortune's bitter storm» Around the« bW, around tbee blaw. Thy bii-ld should be...

...soon o'er-gang ye. <D1), tocrt tljou in tl)c rnullj IH.ist. Tune — The Lou o' Livingstone.* Он, Mv plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee : Or did misfortune's bitter storms...

...in a voice of much natural sweetness, and without accompaniment: — " Oh ! wcrt thou in the cauld, cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea ; My plaidie...thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter stonns Around thee blaw, around thee blaw ; Thy bield\ should be my bosom, To share it a', to share...

...Burnt, after bis death, entitled ' An Address to a Lady.' Tune.— ГЛе lau o/ Linngsloxe. Он, wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea ; My plaidier to the angry airt.s I 'd shelter thee, I 'd shelter thee : Or did misfortune's bitter storms...