...youth Its glance had been ; Whose domo discording neighbours sought, Content with equity an bought; To him the venerable Priest, Our frequent and familiar guest, • Whose life and manners well conltl paint Alike the student and the saint: Alas ! whose speech too oft I broke With gambol rudo...

...the venerable Priest, Our freqnent and familiar gnest, Whose life and manners well could paint 220 Alike the student and the saint ; Alas ! whose speech too oft I broke For I was wayward, bold, and wild, 224 A self-will'd imp, a grandarae's child ; Bnt, half a plagne,...

...height, The Scottish clans, in headlong sway, Had swept the scarlet ranks away." . . . thus nurtured, ... I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp,...plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caress'd." This tower is also the scene of his fine ballad, "The Eve of Saint John," said to have been...

...swept the scarlet ranks away." . . . thus nurtured, ... I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-wilFd imp, a grandame's child ; But, half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caresa'd." This tower is also the scene of his fine ballad, "The Eve of Saint John," said to have been...

...charm as the fenced garden had for the mediaeval : " For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-willed imp — a grandame's child ; But, half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caressed ; For me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conned task? Nay, Erskine,...

...charm as the fenced garden had for the mediaeval : " For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-willed imp — a grandame's child; But, half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caressed . For me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conned task? Nay, Erskine,...

...garden had for the mediaeval ; " For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-willed imp — a grandamc's child ; But, half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caressed : For me, thus nurtured, dost thon ask The classic poet's well-conned task ? Nay, Erskine,...

...youth its glance had been ; Whose doom discording neighbours sought, Content with equity unbought ; To him the venerable Priest, Our frequent and familiar...plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caress'd. For me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conn'd task ? Nay, Erskine,...

...youth its glance had been ; Whose doom discording neighbours sought, Content with equity unbought ; To him the venerable Priest, Our frequent and familiar...oft I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke : For 1 was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp, a grandame's child ; But half a plague, and half...

...glance had been ; ABBOTSFORD. 307 Whose doom discording neighbors sought, Content with equity unbought; To him the venerable priest, Our frequent and familiar...could paint Alike the student and the saint; Alas ! whoso speech too oft I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke; For I was wayward, bold, and wild,...