| 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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| 504. Lament for Culloden |
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| THE lovely lass o' Inverness, | |
| Nae joy nor pleasure can she see; | |
| For e'en and morn she cries, 'Alas!' | |
| And aye the saut tear blin's her e'e: | |
| 'Drumossie moor, Drumossie day, | 5 |
| A waefu' day it was to me! | |
| For there I lost my father dear, | |
| My father dear and brethren three. | |
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| 'Their winding-sheet the bluidy clay, | |
| Their graves are growing green to see; | 10 |
| And by them lies the dearest lad | |
| That ever blest a woman's e'e! | |
| Now wae to thee, thou cruel lord, | |
| A bluidy man I trow thou be; | |
| For monie a heart thou hast made sair, | 15 |
| That ne'er did wrang to thine or thee.' | |
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