The poems and literary prose of Alexander Wilson ... for the first time fully collected and compared with the original and early editions ... edited ... by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart ... with portrait, illustrations, &c |
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Then mad ambition revels thro' my brain,
And restless bids me spurn life's grov'lling plain;
Awake the Muse and soft enrapturing lyre,
To G---'s praise, our villa's friendly sire;
In glowing colours paint his rural seat,
Where songsters warble and where lambkins bleat;
Where groves and plains in sweet disorder lie,
Hills rough with woods, that tow'ring cleave the sky;
And darksome woody vales, where hid from sight,
Lone Calder brawls o'er many a rocky height;
Tell in soft strains how rich our plains appear,
What plenty crowns them each revolving year;
Till smiles approving, bless my task, and Fame
Enrol the patriot and the poet's name.
And restless bids me spurn life's grov'lling plain;
Awake the Muse and soft enrapturing lyre,
To G---'s praise, our villa's friendly sire;
In glowing colours paint his rural seat,
Where songsters warble and where lambkins bleat;
Where groves and plains in sweet disorder lie,
Hills rough with woods, that tow'ring cleave the sky;
And darksome woody vales, where hid from sight,
Lone Calder brawls o'er many a rocky height;
Tell in soft strains how rich our plains appear,
What plenty crowns them each revolving year;
Till smiles approving, bless my task, and Fame
Enrol the patriot and the poet's name.
| The poems and literary prose of Alexander Wilson | |