Selected Poetry.
SONG-. A lassie from the Highlands, 1 With bonnie bright blue een, : Has come to be of my lands The fair and lovely queen ; 'Twos in the land of heather — The land of mountain mist — Love link'd our hearts together, And led us out to tryst. And at the hour of twilight, And in a fairy grove, I watched her glance's shy light, And spoke to her of love. " Sweet lassie of the Highlands, My heart for your blue een, Oh come and be of my lands The fair and lovely queen." The moon rose o'er the cover, The stars began to shine, . And there, a happy lover, I wood and made her mine ; " And welcome unto my lands, You fsir and lovely queen. Sweet lassie from the Highlands, Wi-h your bonnie bright blue een." H. M. W-
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Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1657, 26 June 1885, Page 6
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140Selected Poetry. Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1657, 26 June 1885, Page 6
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