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SONGS AND POEMS. 33
MARY.
Woe, to the youth whom Fancy gains.
Winning from Reason's hand the rein?)
Pity and woe ! for such a mind
Is soft, contemplative, and kind.
He lov'd — his soul did nature frame
For love : and Fancy nurs'd the flame;
Vainly he lov'd — for seldom swain
Of such soft mould is lov'd again.
Sir Walter Scott.
Why steals from my bosom the sigh ?
Why fix'd is my gaze on the ground ?
Come, give me my reed, and I'll try
To banisli my cares with the sound.
'Twas taught by my Mary's sweet smile*
In the mirth-loving chorus to join j
Ah, me ! how unwitting the while !
Sweet Mary can never be mine.
Another, more happy, the maid
By fortune is destin'd to bless ;
But though my false hopes have betray'd,
Ah ! why should I love her the less ?
D5

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Original songs and poems in English and Gaelic
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Hew Morrison Collection
DescriptionA selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.