Wilson's Tales of the Borders And of Scotland, volume Xxiii
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Even the first glimpseof grandeur was too much for the spirit whose sigh was "vanity, all isvanity, " and, with the words on her lips, "A life's love lost, " shedied. TIBBY FOWLER. "Tibby Fowler o' the glen, A' the lads are wooin' at her. "--_Old Song_. All our readers have heard and sung of "Tibby Fowler o' the glen;" butthey may not all be aware that the glen referred to lies within aboutfour miles of Berwick. No one has seen and not admired the romanticamphitheatre below Edrington Castle..., through which the Whitadder coilslike a beautiful serpent glittering in the sun, and sports in fantasticcurves beneath the pasture-clad hills, the grey ruin, the mossy andprecipitous crag, and the pyramid of woods, whose branches, meeting fromeither side, bend down and kiss the glittering river, till its watersseem lost in their leafy bosom. Now, gentle reader, if you have lookedupon the scene we have described, we shall make plain to you thesituation of Tibby Fowler's cottage, by a homely map, which is generally_at hand_.
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