Lament For James, Earl Of Glencairn
the winds, menting thro' their caves,
to echo bore the notes ang.
“ye scatter'd birds that faintly sing,
the reliques o' the vernal queir!
ye woods that shed on a' the winds
the honours of the aged year!
a few short months, and gd and gay,
again ye'll charm the ear and e'e;
but nocht in all-revolving time
gdness bring again to me.
“i am a bending aged tree,
that long has stood the wind and rain;
but now has e a cruel bst,
and my st hald of earth is gane;
nae leaf o' mine shall greet the spring,
nae simmer su my
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