The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd Centenary Edition. With a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Thomas Thomson ... Poems and Life. With Many Illustrative Engravings [by James Hogg] |
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“Curse on thy wanton slight!” he cried,
“Thou gossip for a maiden's side!
And curse upon the wizard charm,
That thus hath chain'd M'Ola's arm,
Whose pristine might and majesty
Were framed to punish ten like thee!
Here's to thy foppish heart abhorr'd!
Ward, if thou may'st, this noble sword.
Hence to thy ghostly charlatan,
And bear him back his curse and ban;
And say, that I'll requite it well,
In whate'er place he dares to dwell—
In earth, in cloud, in heaven or hell!”
“Thou gossip for a maiden's side!
And curse upon the wizard charm,
That thus hath chain'd M'Ola's arm,
Whose pristine might and majesty
Were framed to punish ten like thee!
Here's to thy foppish heart abhorr'd!
Ward, if thou may'st, this noble sword.
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And bear him back his curse and ban;
And say, that I'll requite it well,
In whate'er place he dares to dwell—
In earth, in cloud, in heaven or hell!”
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