But gleg as light are lovers' e'en, nimble, eyes

When kind love is in the e'e.

It may escape the courtly sparks,

It may escape the learnèd clerks;

But weel the watching lover marks

The kind love that's in her e'e.

POORTITH CAULD

O poortith cauld, and restless love, cold poverty

Ye wreck my peace between ye;

Yet poortith a' I could forgive,