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In vain thou call'st for a mirthful smile,

Isabelle! Isabelle! hark to my soft lute,

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I saw from the beach when the morning was shining,

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It was Dunois, the young and brave, was bound
for Palestine,
I've no sheep on the mountains, nor boat on the lake,
I whispered her my last adieu,

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Joanna Baillie, 69

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Keen and cold is the blast loudly whistling around,
Keen blaws the wind o'er the braes o' Gleniffer,
Kenmure's on an' awa, Willie,

Know'st thou the land where stately laurels bloom,

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Loud roar'd the tempest, the night was descending,

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Mary, why thus waste thy youth-time in sorrow,

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My father and mother now lie with the dead,
My friend is the man I would copy through life,

My dying sire, in battle slain,

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Nac mair we'll meet again, my love, by yon burn side,

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O beauty, peerless is thy glow,

O cease, ye howling winds, to blow,

O check, my love, the falling tear,

O cherub, Content, at thy moss-covered shrine,
O fare ye weel, fair Cartha's side,

O for my awin Roy, quod gude Wallas,

Oft in the stilly night,

O Harp! that cheered my trembling limbs,

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Oh! bright rose the sun on the beautiful ocean,

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O heard you the Mermaid of the sea,

R. Allon,

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O! heard you yon pibroch sound sad in the gale,
Oh! holy be the sod,

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Oh! I hae lost my silken snood,

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Oh, once there were minutes when light my heart beat,
Oh! that the chemist's magic art,

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Once more, enchanting girl, adieu,

On the dark forest side an old minstrel sat playing,

O poortith cauld, and restless love,

O sleep not, Mosca, but wait for thy love,

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O slumber, my darling, thy sire is a knight,

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O white foaming Rhaider, by thy roaring fall,

Mrs. Grant,

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O! who rides by night through the woodlands so wild,

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O Willie, weel I mind, I lent you my hand,

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She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,

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Spirits of love, who wander on,

Star of the brave !-whose beam hath shed,
Stay, glorious pageant, stay! it flies! it fades!
Stay, lady, stay, for mercy's sake,

Steer, hither steer, your winged pines,

Subdued by misfortunes, and bowed down with pain,

Summer comes, and in her train,

Sweet lady, look not thus again,

Sweet's the dew-deck'd rose in June,

Sweet was yon note to fancy's ear,

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The boatswain's shrill whistle pip'd all hands ahoy,
The cauld blasts o' winter blaw chill o'er the plain,
The gale is high, the bark is light,

R. Allan,
G. Lewis,

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The gloamin' frae the welkin high,

The health I once so much enjoyed,

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The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left,

They lighted a taper at the dead hour of night,

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The smoke from yon cottage no longer is rising,

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The sun has gane down o'er the lofty Benlomond,

The sun was wearing down the lift,

The wandering exile, doom'd to roam,

The warrior came down from his tent on the hill,
The weary pund o' tow,

They made her a grave too cold and damp,
The young May-moon is beaming, love,

This bottle's the sun of our table,

This life is all chequered with pleasures and woes,

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Thou dark winding Carron, once pleasing to see,
Though yon fareweel may be my last,
Thou must not linger, lovely one,
Thou'rt gane awa', thou'rt gane awa',
Thy braes are bonny, Yarrow stream,
Thy woods and glades, sweet Arthurlie,
'Tis said that men are false and fickle,
'Tis no very lang sinsyne,

"Tis sweet, when in the glowing west,
'Tis thy will, and I must leave thee,
To England's towers of Oak, farewell,
To thee, lov'd Dee, thy gladsome vales,
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yon fause stream, that near the sea, 'Twas a keen frosty morn, and the snow heavy falling, "Twas in a lonely cottage dwelling,

"Twas in the evening of a wintry day,

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Vale of the cross, the shepherds tell,

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Weep no more by shading tree,

Weep not for the fallen brave,

We'll meet beside the dusky glen, by yon burn side,

Well! thou art happy, and I feel,

What though 'tis true I've talk'd of love,

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