Poems, on sacred and other subjects and songs, humorous and sentimental: By the late William Watt. Third edition of the songs only--with additional songs |
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CORA LINN.
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CORA LINN.
Adieu! ye woods of mantle green,
Where lofty Cora thund'ring flows:
Where, twinkling in the sunny sheen,
The pearly dew-drops gem the rose.
Adieu! ye ivy-skirted rocks,
Which overhang the deep profound,
Ye long have stood fell winter's shocks,
And echo'd Cora's deaf'ning sound.
Where lofty Cora thund'ring flows:
Where, twinkling in the sunny sheen,
The pearly dew-drops gem the rose.
Adieu! ye ivy-skirted rocks,
Which overhang the deep profound,
Ye long have stood fell winter's shocks,
And echo'd Cora's deaf'ning sound.
But yet that sound is, to my ear,
Sweet as Malvina's dulcet lyre,
Which rung, the poets mind to cheer,
While rapt in wild seraphic fire!
Yet I must leave the fragrant grove,
These giant rocks, and ruin'd dome,
The foaming Linn, the dark alcove,
And, musing dreary, wander home.
Sweet as Malvina's dulcet lyre,
Which rung, the poets mind to cheer,
While rapt in wild seraphic fire!
Yet I must leave the fragrant grove,
These giant rocks, and ruin'd dome,
The foaming Linn, the dark alcove,
And, musing dreary, wander home.
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