The sun blinks kindly in the biel', shelter
Where blythe I turn my spinnin'-wheel.
On lofty aiks the cushats wail, oaks, pigeons
And Echo cons the doolfu' tale; repeats, doleful
The lintwhites in the hazel braes, linnets
Delighted, rival ither's lays:
The craik amang the claver hay, corn-crake, clover
The paitrick whirrin' o'er the ley. partridge, meadow
The swallow jinkin' round my shiel, dodging, cot