apoet'swelcometohislove-begottendaughter注释标题burnsneverpublishedthispoem.

thefirstinstancethatentitledhimto

thevenerableappellationoffather

thou'swelcome，wean;mishanterfa'me，

ifthoughtso'thee，oryetthymamie，

shalleverdauntonmeoraweme，

mybonielady，

orifiblushwhenthoushaltca'me

tytaordaddie.

tho'nowtheyca'mefornicator，

an'teasemynameinkintryclatter，

themairtheytalk，i'mkentthebetter，

e'enletthemclash;

anauldwife'stongue'safecklessmatter

togieanefash.

welcome!mybonie，sweet，weedochter，

tho'yecomehereaweeunsoughtfor，

andtho'yourcomin'ihaefoughtfor，

baithkirkandqueir;

yet，bymyfaith，ye'renounwroughtfor，

thatishallswear!

weeimageo'myboniebetty，

asfatherlyikissanddautthee，

asdear，andnearmyheartisetthee

wi'asgudewill

asa'thepriestshadseenmegetthee