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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When thou first err'd, and peace gave way;
Yes, such dread scenes have often been,
Though such thine eye hath never seen;
And if thou hadst, as nought they were
Unto the mortal combat there,
Where heroes toiled in deadly strife,
For love, for empire, and for life.
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