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by that same token;
and come to stop those reckless vows,
would soon been broken.
a “hair-brain'd, sentimental trace”
was strongly marked in her face;
a wildly-witty, rustic grace
shone full upon her;
her eye, ev'n turn'd on empty space,
beam'd keen with honour.
down flow'd her robe, a tartan sheen,
till half a leg was scrimply seen;
an' such a leg! my bonie jean
could only peer it;
sae straught, sae taper, tight an' clean—
nane else came near it.
her mantle large, of greenish hue,
my gazing wonder chiefly drew:
deep lights and shades, bold-mingling, threw
a lustre grand;
and seem'd, to my astonish'd view,
a well-known land.
here, rivers in the sea were lost;
there, mountains to the skies were toss't:
here, tumbling billows mark'd the coast,
with surging foam;
there, distant shone art's lofty boast,
the lordly dome.
here, doon pour'd down his far-fetch'd floods;
there, well-fed irwine stately thuds:
auld hermit ayr staw thro' his woods,
on to the shore;
and many a lesser torrent scuds,
with seeming roar.
low, in a sandy valley spread,
an ancient borough rear'd her head;
still, as in scottish story read,
she boasts a race
to ev'ry nobler virtue bred,
and polish'd grace.
by stately tow'r, or palace fair,
or ruins pendent in the air,
bold stems of heroes, here and there,
i could discern;
some seem'd to muse, some seem'd to dare,
with feature stern.
my heart did glowing transport feel,
to see a race heroic wheel,
and brandish round the deep-dyed steel,
in sturdy blows;
while, back-recoiling, seem'd to reel
their suthron foes.
his country's saviour, mark him well!
bold richardton's heroic swell
and come to stop those reckless vows,
would soon been broken.
a “hair-brain'd, sentimental trace”
was strongly marked in her face;
a wildly-witty, rustic grace
shone full upon her;
her eye, ev'n turn'd on empty space,
beam'd keen with honour.
down flow'd her robe, a tartan sheen,
till half a leg was scrimply seen;
an' such a leg! my bonie jean
could only peer it;
sae straught, sae taper, tight an' clean—
nane else came near it.
her mantle large, of greenish hue,
my gazing wonder chiefly drew:
deep lights and shades, bold-mingling, threw
a lustre grand;
and seem'd, to my astonish'd view,
a well-known land.
here, rivers in the sea were lost;
there, mountains to the skies were toss't:
here, tumbling billows mark'd the coast,
with surging foam;
there, distant shone art's lofty boast,
the lordly dome.
here, doon pour'd down his far-fetch'd floods;
there, well-fed irwine stately thuds:
auld hermit ayr staw thro' his woods,
on to the shore;
and many a lesser torrent scuds,
with seeming roar.
low, in a sandy valley spread,
an ancient borough rear'd her head;
still, as in scottish story read,
she boasts a race
to ev'ry nobler virtue bred,
and polish'd grace.
by stately tow'r, or palace fair,
or ruins pendent in the air,
bold stems of heroes, here and there,
i could discern;
some seem'd to muse, some seem'd to dare,
with feature stern.
my heart did glowing transport feel,
to see a race heroic wheel,
and brandish round the deep-dyed steel,
in sturdy blows;
while, back-recoiling, seem'd to reel
their suthron foes.
his country's saviour, mark him well!
bold richardton's heroic swell
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