Horace in Homespun by Hugh Haliburton [i.e. J. L. Robertson] A New Edition with Illustrations by A. S. Boyd |
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Hughie's Enjoyment of Summer in
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Hughie's Enjoyment of Summer in Glendevon.
“Per meos fines, et aprica rura
Lenis incedas, abeasque parvis
Æquus alumnis.”
—Car. iii. 18.
Lenis incedas, abeasque parvis
Æquus alumnis.”
—Car. iii. 18.
Sweet Simmer, to the pastur' come
That slopes to Devon banks,
And with thee bring the gairie's hum,
And earn a shepherd's thanks.
That slopes to Devon banks,
And with thee bring the gairie's hum,
And earn a shepherd's thanks.
For Grecian plains I do not mourn,
Nor streams of Castalee;
Blink on the banks where I was born,
And that's eneu' for me.
Nor streams of Castalee;
Blink on the banks where I was born,
And that's eneu' for me.
Sweet Simmer, by oor banks abide
And blink on Devon burn;
And late depart from Devonside
With promise of return.
And blink on Devon burn;
And late depart from Devonside
With promise of return.
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Then fairy fancies wing'd wi' rhyme
Across my path shall pass,
With wild bees from the beds of thyme,
And laverocks from the grass.
Across my path shall pass,
With wild bees from the beds of thyme,
And laverocks from the grass.
What whiter gowans wait thy smile
On foreign buchtit braes?
What swanker shepherds?—sad the while
Thy lingering step delays.
On foreign buchtit braes?
What swanker shepherds?—sad the while
Thy lingering step delays.
Here gowden blooms on hill-taps burn,
And daisies pearl the lea,
And Devon toys in mony a turn
From wedding with the sea.
And daisies pearl the lea,
And Devon toys in mony a turn
From wedding with the sea.
Sweet Simmer, by oor banks abide,
And prove to warl'y men
That, gang they far or gang they wide,
There's peace around the pen;
And prove to warl'y men
That, gang they far or gang they wide,
There's peace around the pen;
That yet the golden age delays
Of which they only dream,
Wi' shepherd folk on Ochil braes
By Devon's gentle stream.
Of which they only dream,
Wi' shepherd folk on Ochil braes
By Devon's gentle stream.
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