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That, for the virtuous, Life prepares;
The fetters which the Matron wears;
The Patriot Mother's weight of anxious cares!
The fetters which the Matron wears;
The Patriot Mother's weight of anxious cares!
V.
[1]"Sweet Highland Girl! a very shower
Of beauty was thy earthly dower,"
When Thou didst pass before my eyes,
Gay Vision under sullen skics,
While Hope and Love around thee played
Near the rough Falls of Inversneyd!
Time cannot thin thy flowing hair,
Nor take one ray of light from Thee;
For in my Fancy thou dost share
The gift of Immortality;
And there shall bloom, with Thee allied,
The Votaress by Lugano's side;
And that intrepid Nymph, on Uri's steep, descried!
[1]"Sweet Highland Girl! a very shower
Of beauty was thy earthly dower,"
When Thou didst pass before my eyes,
Gay Vision under sullen skics,
While Hope and Love around thee played
Near the rough Falls of Inversneyd!
Time cannot thin thy flowing hair,
Nor take one ray of light from Thee;
For in my Fancy thou dost share
The gift of Immortality;
And there shall bloom, with Thee allied,
The Votaress by Lugano's side;
And that intrepid Nymph, on Uri's steep, descried!
- ↑ See the Author's Miscellaneous Poems, Vol. II.
