Twas Na Her Bonie Blue E'e
written in 1795
Twas Na Her Bonie Blue E'e - meaning Summary
Devotion Beyond Reason
The speaker insists his ruin was not caused by the woman’'s outward beauty but by intimate, private gestures: a secret smile, a stolen look of kindness. He alternates between dread and devotion, fearing hope is denied yet swearing she will remain sovereign in his heart. Addressing Chloris, he declares a sincere, unchanging passion and elevates her to an almost angelic, immutable status. The poem compresses longing and resignation into a short vow of fidelity, framing romantic loss as both painful and spiritually ennobling.
Read Complete Analyses'Twas na her bonie blue e'e was my ruin; Fair tho' she be, that was ne'er my undoing: 'Twas the dear smile when naebody did mind us, 'Twas the bewitching, sweet, stown glance o' kindness. Sair do I fear that to hope is denied me, Sair do I fear that despair maun abide me; But tho' fell Fortune should fate us to sever, Queen shall she be in my bosom for ever. Chloris I'm thine wi' a passion sincerest, And thou hast plighted me love o' the dearest! And thou'rt the angel that never can alter, Sooner the sun in his motion would falter.
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