Highland Mary: Interesting Papers on an Interesting Subject (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Highland Mary: Interesting Papers on an Interesting Subject

I feel very confident that this little volume will be welcomed everywhere, as the contents are both interest ing and readable.

The romantic and solemn parting of the lovers on that memorable Sabbath in May Mary's return from the High lands; her sudden death at Greenock the poet's anguish on receiving the intelligence of her death, and the immortal Lament which he afterwards gave to the world, have always been fascinating incidents in the life of Burns to me.

While I have carefully studied the connection of the lovers in all its details, and have eagerly read all that I could find on both sides of the question, I have never had reason to doubt that Mary Campbell was other than the warm hearted, pure, noble-minded girl which the poet described her to be.

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