Strains of the Mountain Museauthor, 1814 - 228 páginas |
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... the tempest blew ; Had names to stars , and , what was strange , Could tell the week the moon would change ; And if he heard a story plain , The half he could repeat again ; And could , at pleasure , scamper o'er , Steps 30 THE RURAL WAKE .
... the tempest blew ; Had names to stars , and , what was strange , Could tell the week the moon would change ; And if he heard a story plain , The half he could repeat again ; And could , at pleasure , scamper o'er , Steps 30 THE RURAL WAKE .
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... moon to hail , Reflected in the falling dew , Where gossamer was spread to view ; And oft so fond , amid the green , Where the wild hunter's grave is seen , The happy yonkers were to hear The little landraik creaking near , That I have ...
... moon to hail , Reflected in the falling dew , Where gossamer was spread to view ; And oft so fond , amid the green , Where the wild hunter's grave is seen , The happy yonkers were to hear The little landraik creaking near , That I have ...
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... ; Which , like a mirror , holds to view What sages say severely true : Life , like the moon through parted cloud , Just peeps through Death's eternal shroud . XXXIX . This little tale , by Matron told , 38 THE RURAL WAKE .
... ; Which , like a mirror , holds to view What sages say severely true : Life , like the moon through parted cloud , Just peeps through Death's eternal shroud . XXXIX . This little tale , by Matron told , 38 THE RURAL WAKE .
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... moon half hid , Was like a blood - stain'd target red , And lightning that illumed the sky The screaming owl shew'd flutt'ring by ; But such was darkness on the way , I wander'd long and far astray , Till in the green kirkyard , I trow ...
... moon half hid , Was like a blood - stain'd target red , And lightning that illumed the sky The screaming owl shew'd flutt'ring by ; But such was darkness on the way , I wander'd long and far astray , Till in the green kirkyard , I trow ...
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... moon ' tween the clouds shed a fleckering ray , And to the blood - searching dagger pointed the way . The warrior aroused ; these words met his ear , " Be true to your trust , now the soldier is here ! " Still firm as the broad ...
... moon ' tween the clouds shed a fleckering ray , And to the blood - searching dagger pointed the way . The warrior aroused ; these words met his ear , " Be true to your trust , now the soldier is here ! " Still firm as the broad ...
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adder stone appear Ash Tree auld Aye sae Ayrshire Beltan blast blaze blooming Jessie blue-eyed lassie bonny brae breast bridle cairn Carrick castle cattle ceremonies clouds corpse Cree cried Culzean currach dance dark David Hunter dead death Druids e'en e'er Elcine de Aggart ev'ry fear fire flee friends funeral gate grave green Gregor hand heard heath heaven Highlands hill honour housie isle Kilchattan bay lady Lagg Laird of Fail light Logierait Lord maid Mair midnight milk moon mountain mournful Mungo's ne'er Newton Stewart night Note o'er Papingo pass pass'd Picts Pinmore poor pray raised ROBERT TANNAHILL rocks rose round Saint Saint Kentigern scene Scot Scotland Seanachies seat seem'd seen sigh sing Sir Archibald song soon spirit stone superstitions tell thee toil tree Twas Wake warlock wight wild wind witchcraft witches wont young Yule
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Página 213 - This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep ; and so on.' After that, they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : ' This I give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs ; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to thee, O...
Página 170 - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Página 111 - I sigh for their dames, who may now take the veil ; For babes who the loss of their sires may bewail ; But while the great death-bell of Toledo tolls, And friars unceasingly pray for their souls, With this mystic clue, Made when Elfland was new, Who will not give praise in her own native land, To Elcine de Aggart for guarding the strand.
Página 197 - Since you were married man and wife, By household brawls, or contentious strife; Or otherwise, in bed or at board, Offended each other in deed or word : Or since the parish clerk said Amen...
Página 207 - All hail to the moon, all hail to thee ; I prithee, good moon, reveal to me This night who my husband shall be.
Página 164 - One was turning a small stock, which was supported by two stakes standing perpendicularly, with a cleft at the top, in which the crown piece went round in the form a carpenter holds a chisel on a grinding stone; the other was holding a small branch of fir on that which was turning. Directly below it was a quantity of tow spread on the ground. I observed that this work was taken alternately by men and women. As I was turning about in order to leave them, a man whom I had seen before, laid his hand...
Página 11 - I dwall amang the caller springs That weet the Land o' Cakes, And aften tune my canty strings At bridals and late-wakes: They ca' me Mirth; I ne'er was kend To grumble or look sour, But blyth wad be a lift to lend, Gif ye wad sey my pow'r An
Página 213 - The rites begin with spilling some of the caudle on the ground, by way of libation: on that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks...
Página 213 - They cut a square trench in the ground, leaving the turf in the middle ; on that they make a fire of wood, on which they dress a large caudle of eggs, butter, oatmeal, and milk, and bring, besides the ingredients of the caudle, plenty of beer and whiskey : for each of the company must contribute something.
Página 192 - Archibald) was no inferior actor. Many stories similar to those related of him are told of the most obnoxious of the persecutors, from which I have selected the following, recorded of the famous Grierson of Lagg. who, although represented by his contemporaries as having acted like a demon while upon earth, posterity allows to have performed one act of justice after his decease. A man in the parish of New Abbey, who had the lease of a farm from the Laird of Lagg, called on him one day to pay a considerable...