Ye Banks and Braes

A broken heart and the beauty of nature gives Robert Burns the material for his poem. Margaret Kennedy was seduced and left by a wealthy lover. Although she sued for marriage and won the case, she died before the judgement was announced. Burns' poem speaks of Margaret (Peggy) walking along the river's edge and noticing how lovely everything is, while she grieves for her untrue lover.
"Ye banks and braes o’ bonie Doon,
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?
How can ye chant, ye little birds,
And I sae weary fu’ o’ care!
Thou’ll break my heart, thou warbling bird,
That wantons thro’ the flowering thorn:
Thou minds me o’ departed joys,
Departed never to return.
Aft hae I rov’d by Bonie Doon,
To see the rose and woodbine twine:
And ilka bird sang o’ its Luve,
And fondly sae did I o’ mine;
Wi’ lightsome heart I pu’d a rose,
Fu’ sweet upon its thorny tree!
And may fause Luver staw my rose,
But ah! he left the thorn wi’ me."
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