... Illecrowi, thee With flowerslike aquees! v Oh, baste!,fur the shepherd H1th wakened his pipe, And led ourt-bis'laribs Where the blackberry's ripe: The bright sum ia tasting.' The dew on the thyme; The gay maiden's liiing An old bridal-rhymie ' There is joy in ...

... morning mist and evening hase-- Unlike this cold grey rhne- Seemed woven waves of golden air, When I was in my prime. And blackberries-so mawkish now- Were finely flovoured then; And hazel nuts ! such clusters thick I ne'er shall pull again ;- or strawberries ...

... al' black as the wing o' the raven The tresses that twined roun' caressin' her neek As dark wvere lier Een as the jet ripe blackberry, Whan glist'niit' in dew, shed frae nature's full eye, Throughl which her soul beam'd, like thte bright star o' e'enin ...