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title: "Her Flowing Locks"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1785"
location: "Mossgiel"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/her-flowing-locks/"
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# Her Flowing Locks

## Poem
Her flowing locks, the raven’s wing,  
Adown her neck and bosom hing;  
How sweet unto that breast to cling,  
And round that neck entwine her!

Her lips are roses wat wi’ dew,  
O’ what a feast her bonie mou’!  
Her cheeks a mair celestial hue,  
A crimson still diviner!

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/her-flowing-locks/