FANCYEMPLOYEDONDIVINESUBJECTS

fancyemployedondivinesubjects

(summer,1796.textof1818)

thetruantfancywasawandererever,

aloneenthusiastmaid.shelovestowalk

inthebrightvisionsofempyreallight,

bythegreenpastures,andthefragrantmeads,

wheretheperpetualflowersofedenblow;

bychrystalstreams,andbythelivingwaters,

alongwhosemargingrowsthewondroustree

whoseleavesshallhealthenations;underneath

whoseholyshadearefugeshallbefound

frompainandwant,andalltheillsthatwait

onmortallife,fromsinanddeathforever.

thetombofdouglas

seethetragedyofthatname

(1796)

whenherson,herdouglasdied,

tothesteeprock'sfearfulside

fastthefranticmotherhied—

o'erherbloomingwarriordead

manyateardidscotlandshed,

andshrieksoflongandloudlament

fromhergrampianhillsshesent.

likeoneawakeningfromatrance,

shemettheshockof注释标题denmark.lochlin'slance;

onherrudeinvaderfoe

return'danhundredfoldtheblow,

drovethetauntingspoilerhome;

mournfulthenceshetookherway

todoobservanceatthetomb

wherethesonofdouglaslay.

roundaboutthetombdidgo

insolemnstateandorderslow,

silentpace,andblackattire,

earl,orknight,orgoodesquire;

whoe'erbydeedsofvalourdone

inbattlehadhighhonourswon;

whoe'erintheirpureveinscouldtrace

thebloodofdouglas'noblerace.

withthemtheflowerofminstrelscame,

andtotheircunningharpsdidframe

indolefulnumberspiercingrhymes,

suchstrainsasintheoldertimes

hadsooth'dthespiritoffingal,

echoingthro'hisfather'shall.

"scottishmaidens,dropatear

o'erthebeauteoushero'sbier!

braveyouth,andcomely'bovecompare,

allgoldenshonehisburnish'dhair;

valourandsmilingcourtesy