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32 GAELIC AND ENGLISH POEMS.
LINES
ON BESSIE G. COLQUHOUN.
In beauty oii its parent stem
I saw a bright wee rosebud smile,
A lovely fragrant little gem,
I watched its opening for a while.
I wished to screen my fragile flower
From wintry winds, from frosts and snows,
To keep it in some sunny bower,
A precious amaranthine rose.
A voice said. Hush ! dost thou not know
No amaranth on earth can bloom ;
Death breathes on all things here below,
The world's one universal tomb.
The rain will on thy blossom beat,
The tempest ruffle its repose ;
But yet the sun will give its heat,
The dew its vigour, to thy rose.
Ask nought ; but when its leaves will fall.
In nature's course, into the grave,
Twill have so richly bloomed that all
Will miss the gladness that it gave ;
And when in the great spring again
Thy bud its beauties shall disclose,
That by life's river it may then
Be found an amaranthine rose.
WRITTEN ON A VALENTINE SENT TO
CHILD.
My sweet wee rosie posie dear,
My fairy queen of flowers ;
My violet, bright and beautiful,
In childhood's golden bowers.
My little ducksadearie,
'Mong all the gems that shine ;
My ])iccaniny, pure and blest,
Wilt be my valentine ?
LINES
ON BESSIE G. COLQUHOUN.
In beauty oii its parent stem
I saw a bright wee rosebud smile,
A lovely fragrant little gem,
I watched its opening for a while.
I wished to screen my fragile flower
From wintry winds, from frosts and snows,
To keep it in some sunny bower,
A precious amaranthine rose.
A voice said. Hush ! dost thou not know
No amaranth on earth can bloom ;
Death breathes on all things here below,
The world's one universal tomb.
The rain will on thy blossom beat,
The tempest ruffle its repose ;
But yet the sun will give its heat,
The dew its vigour, to thy rose.
Ask nought ; but when its leaves will fall.
In nature's course, into the grave,
Twill have so richly bloomed that all
Will miss the gladness that it gave ;
And when in the great spring again
Thy bud its beauties shall disclose,
That by life's river it may then
Be found an amaranthine rose.
WRITTEN ON A VALENTINE SENT TO
CHILD.
My sweet wee rosie posie dear,
My fairy queen of flowers ;
My violet, bright and beautiful,
In childhood's golden bowers.
My little ducksadearie,
'Mong all the gems that shine ;
My ])iccaniny, pure and blest,
Wilt be my valentine ?
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Poems and songs > (44) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76082511 |
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Description | Gaelic and English. |
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Shelfmark | Blair.83 |
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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