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Poems Of Sir Walter Scott: Maid Of Neidpath, The

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Date: 19920101
Author:Scott, Sir Walter

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Maid Of Neidpath, The

O lovers' eyes are sharp to see, And lovers' ears in hearing; And love, in life's extremity, Can lend an hour of cheering. Disease had been in Mary's bower And slow decay from mourning, Though now she sits on Neidpath's tower To watch her Love's returning.

All sunk and dim her eyes so bright, Her form decay'd by pining, Till through her wasted hand, at night, You saw the taper shining. By fits a sultry hectic hue Across her cheek was flying; By fits so ashy pale she grew Her maidens thought her dying.

Yet keenest powers to see and hear Seem'd in her frame ...

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