| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Robert Burns. 1759–1796 |
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| 496. My Bonnie Mary |
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| GO fetch to me a pint o' wine, | |
| An' fill it in a silver tassie, | |
| That I may drink, before I go, | |
| A service to my bonnie lassie. | |
| The boat rocks at the pier o' Leith, | 5 |
| Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the ferry, | |
| The ship rides by the Berwick-law, | |
| And I maun leave my bonnie Mary. | |
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| The trumpets sound, the banners fly, | |
| The glittering spears are rankèd ready; | 10 |
| The shouts o' war are heard afar, | |
| The battle closes thick and bloody; | |
| But it 's no the roar o' sea or shore | |
| Wad mak me langer wish to tarry; | |
| Nor shout o' war that 's heard afar— | 15 |
| It 's leaving thee, my bonnie Mary! | |
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