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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ODE BY THE LATE ALEXANDER WILSON. |
 | The poems and literary prose of Alexander Wilson |  |
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ODE BY THE LATE ALEXANDER WILSON.
Grim low'rs the clouds o'er the wide spreading plain,
And loud howls the wind 'cross the steep Mistylaw;
While down to the Loch the fierce Calder amain,
Its brown water pours, deeply swell'd by the snaw.
And loud howls the wind 'cross the steep Mistylaw;
While down to the Loch the fierce Calder amain,
Its brown water pours, deeply swell'd by the snaw.
Yet firmly beneath the fierce elements rage,
The Castle looks down on the bleak wintry scene;
While the old ruin'd Peil, like some grim hoary sage,
Seems a moral to man of the days that have been.
The Castle looks down on the bleak wintry scene;
While the old ruin'd Peil, like some grim hoary sage,
Seems a moral to man of the days that have been.
Ah me! what sad tales could its ruin'd walls tell,
What deeds of oppression, of war, and of strife;
When Barons of old in its chambers did dwell,
For shelter from those who oft sought for their life.
What deeds of oppression, of war, and of strife;
When Barons of old in its chambers did dwell,
For shelter from those who oft sought for their life.
But, ev'n as those days of warfare have past,
And all is now peaceful and tranquil around,
So come shall the sunshine of summer at last,
To cheer the dull scene, and invig'rate the ground.
And all is now peaceful and tranquil around,
So come shall the sunshine of summer at last,
To cheer the dull scene, and invig'rate the ground.
1784.
A. WILSON.
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