The Genius of Scotland; Or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature And Religion
The Genius of Scotland; Or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature And Religion
Robert Turnbull
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Moir of Musselburgh, author of * Casa Wappy,* * Wee Willie,' and many other exquisite contribu- tions to Blackwood's Magazine. " Three triumphs in a day ! Three hosts subdued by one ! Three'armies scattered like the spray, Beneath one summer sun Who pausing 'mid this solitude Of rocky streams and leafy trees, — Who, gazing o'er this quiet wood, Would eyer dream of these ? Or have a thought that ought intrude Save birds and humming bees ?" How delightful, as we wander amid these hoary ruins and ...leafy bowers, so still and beautiful under the rich light of a summer noon, to think that the 16 Digitized by VjOOQIC 188 OSNIU8 OF SCOTLAND. old stormy times of feudal warfare have passed away forever* and that peace, with balmy wing, is brooding over this and other Christian lands. But in this everyday life, the wants of nature must be met. Let us hie then to the village inn, just beyond the ckapel. With our keen appetites, a snug dinner there will relish better than the most splendid banquet of the St Clairs.
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