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Craigcrook Castle

By Gerald Massey
Massey, Gerald (1828-1907)
  
[dedication]

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CRAIGCROOK CASTLE.
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LADY LAURA.
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GLIMPSES OF THE WAR.
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CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE.
  
CRAIGCROOK ROSES.
  
DIRGE.
  
ONLY A DREAM.

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Lady of the forest
Is the Silver Birk;
Shimmering in the sunshine;
Shivering at the mirk;
Rocking in her rapture;
A dancing Psaltress slim!
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Her hair a shower of beauty!
Her motion a glory-swim!
Or, when dewy twilight
Pours its chrism of balm,
And her tremulous bosom
Fills with a tender calm.
'Mid the dance of colours,
And semitones of green,
Gleams this daintier Spirit
That in leafdom is the Queen.
Of all the trees o' the forest,
He loves the Silver Birk,
Shimmering in the sunshine,
Shivering at the mirk.
So like the Lady Laura
In her purity and grace;
Dreaming in its shadow,
Often rose her face!
And as when a Sunburst
Goldens the green aisles,
The woodland water smileth,
So his heart within him smiles.
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