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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TWA BAWBEES, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Stately, lang-robit, an' steppin' at ease
Last Line: The puir body's bawbees war mair than it a'.
Subject(s): Babies; Infants
First Line: Stately, lang-robit, an' steppin' at ease
Last Line: The puir body's bawbees war mair than it a'.
Subject(s): Babies; Infants
STATELY, lang-robit, an' steppin' at ease,
The rich man gaed up the temple ha';
Hasty, an' grippin' her twa bawbees,
The widow cam after, boo'd an' sma'.
Their gowd rang lood as it fell, an' lay
Yellow an' glintin', bonnie an' braw:
But the folk roun' the Maister heard him say,
The puir body's bawbees war mair than it a'.
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