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The Vision (第2/5页)
ace; a wildly-witty, rustic grace shone full upon her; her eye, ev'n turn'd oy space, beam'd keen with honour. down flow'd her robe, a tartan sheen, till half a leg was scrimply seen; an' such a leg! my bonie jean could only peer it; sae straught, sae taper, tight an' — nane else came near it. her mantle large, of greenish hue, my gazing wonder chiefly drew: deep lights and shades, bold-mingling, threw a lustre grand; and seem'd, to my astonish'd view, a well-known land. here, rivers in the sea were lost; there, mountains to the skies were toss't: here, tumbling billows mark'd the coast, with surging foam; there, distant sho's lofty boast, the lordly dome. here, doon pour'd down his far-fetch'd floods; there, well-fed irwiately thuds: auld hermit ayr staw thro' his woods, on to the shore; and many a lesser torrent scuds, with seeming roar. low, in a sandy valley spread, an a bh rear'd her head; still, as in scottish story read, she boasts a race to ev'ry nobler virtue bred, and polish'd grace. by stately tow'r, or palace fair, or ruins pe in the air, bold stems of heroes, here and there, i could dis; some seem'd to muse, some seem'd to dare, with feature stern. my heart did glowing transport feel, to see a race heroic wheel, and brandish round the deep-dyed steel, in sturdy blows; while, back-recoiling, seem'd to reel their suthron foes. his try's saviour, mark him well! bold richardton's heroic swell; the chief, on sark who glorious fell, in high and; and he whom ruthless fates expel his native land. there, where a sceptr'd pictish shade stalk'd round his ashes lowly laid, i mark'd a martial race, pourtray'd in colours strong: bold, soldier-featur'd, undismay'd