Where Braving Angry Winter's Storms
written in 1787
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About Peggy Chalmers
This short lyric, dated 1787, celebrates the poet Peggy, whom Burns likely knew as Peggy Chalmers. It locates their first meeting beneath the Ochels, marvels at her beauty like a discovered gem, and links that moment to lasting, almost life-defining affection. The speaker blesses the place and hour of their encounter and insists that only being torn from Peggy could equal death, conveying deep emotional dependence rather than casual admiration.
Read Complete AnalysesWhere braving angry Winter's storms The lofty Ochels rise, Far in their shade my Peggy's charms First blest my wondering eyes. As one who by some savage stream A lonely gem surveys, Astonish'd, doubly marks it beam With art's most polish'd blaze. Blest be the wild, sequester'd shade, And blest the day and hour, Where Peggy's charms I first survey'd, When first I felt their pow'r. The tyrant Death, with grim controul, May seize my fleeting breath; But tearing Peggy from my soul Must be a stronger death.
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