But seas between us braid hae roar'd And here's a hand, my trusty fier, And gie's a hand o' thine; And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught, HIGHLAND MARY TUNE-"Katherine Ogie "99 YE banks, and braes, and streams around The castle o' Montgomery! Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumly: There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry; For there I took the last fareweel O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, As underneath their fragrant shade, Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, But oh! fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower sae early! Now green's the sod, and cauld's the clay, That wraps my Highland Mary. O pale, pale now, those rosy lips, TO MARY IN HEAVEN TUNE-"Miss Forbes' farewell to Banff" THOU lingering star, with less'ning ray, My Mary from my soul was torn. Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast? That sacred hour can I forget? Can I forget the hallow'd grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love? Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past; Thy image at our last embrace; Ah! little thought we 'twas our last! Ayr gurgling kiss'd his pebbled shore, The birds sang love on ev'ry spray, Where is thy place of blissful rest? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast? ODE, SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. OSWALD DWELLER in yon dungeon dark, STROPHE View the wither'd beldam's face. Can thy keen inspection trace Aught of humanity's sweet melting grace? See those hands, ne'er stretch'd to save, Lo, there she goes, unpitied and unblest ANTISTROPHE Plunderer of armies, lift thine eyes, (A while forbear, ye tort'ring fiends,) Seest thou whose step unwilling hither bends? No fallen angel, hurl'd from upper skies; 'Tis thy trusty quondam mate, Doom'd to share thy fiery fate, She, tardy, hell-ward plies. EPODE And are they of no more avail, O, bitter mock'ry of the pompous bier, While down the wretched vital part is driv'n! |