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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They were from thee, thou radiant dame,
O'er fancy's region that reign'st supreme;
Thou lovely queen of beauty most bright,
And of everlasting new delight,
Of foible, of freak, of gambol, and glee;
Of all that pleases,
And all that teazes,
All that we fret at, yet love to see
In petulance, pity, and love refined,
Thou emblem extreme of the female mind!
O'er fancy's region that reign'st supreme;
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And of everlasting new delight,
Of foible, of freak, of gambol, and glee;
Of all that pleases,
And all that teazes,
All that we fret at, yet love to see
In petulance, pity, and love refined,
Thou emblem extreme of the female mind!
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