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A world that life had stocked with youth and
fire.
Fortune and fame and wealth and world’s desire.
And strength to stand.
She knew each aim, fulfilled or unfulfilled.
That ever had been mine ;
And then, methought, the Soul above her willed
Towards me through the dusk, a whisper stilled.
Whisper or sign ?
I laid my heart upon my loved one’s breast.
Beside her silent heart;
Sorrow and vigil shared, the worst, the best.
All, all it held she knew who lay at rest.
Till we did part.
Ah me ! it seemed as if her pale lips shook
With pity as she lay.
As though she wore that unforgotten look ;
And then, methought, the Soul came down and
took
My heart away.
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A world that life had stocked with youth and
fire.
Fortune and fame and wealth and world’s desire.
And strength to stand.
She knew each aim, fulfilled or unfulfilled.
That ever had been mine ;
And then, methought, the Soul above her willed
Towards me through the dusk, a whisper stilled.
Whisper or sign ?
I laid my heart upon my loved one’s breast.
Beside her silent heart;
Sorrow and vigil shared, the worst, the best.
All, all it held she knew who lay at rest.
Till we did part.
Ah me ! it seemed as if her pale lips shook
With pity as she lay.
As though she wore that unforgotten look ;
And then, methought, the Soul came down and
took
My heart away.
28
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Verses > (40) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129138697 |
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| Description | By Violet Jacob. |
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| Shelfmark | T.9.f |
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| Description | Violet Jacob (1863-1946) was born into an aristocratic family who had lived at the House of Dun near Montrose since the 15th century. Her classic novel of the 1745 Jacobite rising, 'Flemington” (1911), was highly regarded by John Buchan and is still in print. Jacob had a deep appreciation of the Angus dialect and countryside, and this is evident in her celebrated Scots language poetry in volumes such as 'Song of Angus' (1915). |
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| Description | A selection of classic out-of-copyright Scottish poetry, prose and children’s stories from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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