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Blue vistas of an avenue
Range, line on line, against the sky;
Away, beyond, the low hills lie
To frame this landscape in with blue.
And clear and far the light is spread
As though earth smiled to feel the stir.
The first faint thrill that moves in her
Who, all these months, has lain as dead.
Fresh year, fresh sky, fresh hope—and yet
A sigh is in the lengthening days ;
Between the trunks the blackbird strays
Whose long-drawn note is called regret.
White snowdrops, close among the roots.
Scored at your drooping hearts with green.
What scents from springs that once have been
Cling, like old griefs, among your shoots ?
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LATE FEBRUARY
Blue vistas of an avenue
Range, line on line, against the sky;
Away, beyond, the low hills lie
To frame this landscape in with blue.
And clear and far the light is spread
As though earth smiled to feel the stir.
The first faint thrill that moves in her
Who, all these months, has lain as dead.
Fresh year, fresh sky, fresh hope—and yet
A sigh is in the lengthening days ;
Between the trunks the blackbird strays
Whose long-drawn note is called regret.
White snowdrops, close among the roots.
Scored at your drooping hearts with green.
What scents from springs that once have been
Cling, like old griefs, among your shoots ?
67
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Verses > (79) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129139165 |
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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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