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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Why Weeps yon Highland Maid?
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Why Weeps yon Highland Maid?
Why weeps yon Highland maid
Over the tartan plaid—
Is it a pledge of care,
Or are the blood-drops there?
Tell me, thou hind of humble seeming,
Why the tears on her cheek are gleaming?
Why should the young and fair
Thus weep unpitied there?
Over the tartan plaid—
Is it a pledge of care,
Or are the blood-drops there?
Tell me, thou hind of humble seeming,
Why the tears on her cheek are gleaming?
Why should the young and fair
Thus weep unpitied there?
Stranger, that Highland plaid
Low in the dust was laid;
He who the relic wore,
He is, alas! no more:
He and his loyal clan were trodden
Down by slaves on dark Culloden.
Well o'er a lover's pall,
Well may the tear-drops fall!
Low in the dust was laid;
He who the relic wore,
He is, alas! no more:
He and his loyal clan were trodden
Down by slaves on dark Culloden.
Well o'er a lover's pall,
Well may the tear-drops fall!
Where now her clansman true?
Where is the bonnet blue?
Where the claymore that broke
Fearless through fire and smoke?
Not one gleam by glen or river;
It lies dropp'd from the hand for ever.
Stranger, our fate deplore,
Our ancient name's no more!
Where is the bonnet blue?
Where the claymore that broke
Fearless through fire and smoke?
Not one gleam by glen or river;
It lies dropp'd from the hand for ever.
Stranger, our fate deplore,
Our ancient name's no more!
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