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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE ROCKS BY ABERDEEN, by JEAN INGELOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: For thou'lt never see me mair, %man johnnie!
Subject(s): Stones
Last Line: For thou'lt never see me mair, %man johnnie!
Subject(s): Stones
On the rocks by Aberdeen,
Where the whislin' wave had been,
As I wandered and at e'en
Was eerie;
There I saw thee sailing west,
And I ran with joy opprest-
Ay, and took out all my best,
My dearie.
Then I busked mysel' wi' speed,
And the neighbors cried "What need?
'Tis a lass in any weed
Aye bonny!"
Now my heart, my heart is sair.
What's the good, though I be fair,
For thou'lt never see me mair,
Man Johnnie!
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