...poet's own hand, are still the lines, " 0 lovely Polly Stewart, 0 charming 1'olly Stewart. There's nota flower that blooms in May That's half so fair as thou art." Leaving the Globe Inn, and passirg up a narrow lane, often traversed by the poet when he was " na fou,...

...Lap-dog. Now half-extinct your powers of song, . . Ib. That's half sae welcome's thou art. . On W. Stewart, There's not a flower that blooms in May, That's half so fair as thou art. . . S. Polly Stewart. That the first blow is ever half the battle ; Prologue at Th., D.. Twins monie...

...o/Lap-dog. Now half-extinct your powers of song, . . Ib. That's half sae welcome's thou art. . On. W. Stewart. There's not a flower that blooms in May, That's half so fair as thou art. . . S. Polly Stewart. That the first blow is ever half the battle ; Prologue at TV»., D.. Twins monie...

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...Stewart! •' blows-fall* foW loy»l knnw 0 lovely Polly Stewart! 0 charming Polly Stewart! There's ne'er a flower that blooms in May That's half so fair as thou art! Mary Stewart, the subject of these verses, was a girl alxmt seventeen or eighteen years of age when...

...LOVELY Polly Stewart, 0 charming Polly Stewart, There 's ne'er a flower that blooms in May, That 's half so fair as thou art. The flower it blaws, it fades, it fa's, And art can ne'er renew it ; But worth and truth eternal youth Will gie to Polly Stewart....

...quickly die, LOVELY POLLY STEWART Chorus O lovely Polly Stewart, O charming Polly Stewart, There's ne'er a flower that blooms in May, That's half so fair as thou art ! THE flower it blaws, it fades, it fa's, And art can ne'er renew it ; But Worth and Truth eternal youth Will gie to Polly Stewart !...

...ne'er a flower that blooms May, That 's half so fair as thou art I THE flower it blaws, it fades, it fa's, And art can ne'er renew it; But Worth and Truth eternal youth Will gie to Polly Stewart 1 May he whasc arms shall fauld thy charms lay P<. 'ossess a leal and true heart...

...lovely Polly Stewart, О charming Polly Stewart, There 's ne'er a flower that blooms in May, Tlmt 's half so fair as thou art ! THE flower it blaws, it fades, it fa's, And art can ne'er renew it; But Worth and Truth etenwl youth Will gie to Polly Stewart ! May...

...Closeburn estate, when the poet resided at Ellisland :— " O lovely Polly Stewart, O charming Polly Stewart, There's not a flower that blooms in May, That's half so fair as thou art." In some editions of the poet's works, the following verse, stated to have been copied from a window...