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Poems Of Sir Walter Scott: Coronach

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Scott, Sir Walter

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Coronach

He is gone on the mountain, He is lost to the forest, Like a summer - dried fountain, When our need was the sorest. The font reappearing From the raindrops shall borrow, But to us comes no cheering, To Duncan no morrow!

The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are serest, But our flower was in flushing When blighting was nearest.

Fleet foot on the correi, Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, How sound is thy slumber! Like the dew on the mountain, ...

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