Verses On The Destruction Of The Woods Near Drumlanrig
nd cauld,
its leafy bield for ever gane,
and scarce a stinted birk is left
to shiver i its ne.”
“as!” "h i, “what ruefu' ce
has twin'd ye o' your stately trees?
has id your rocky bosom bare—
has stripped the cleeding o' your braes?
was it the bitter eastern bst,
that scatters blight in early spring?
or was't the wil'fire scorch'd their boughs,
or ker-worm wi' secret sting?”
“lin bst,” the sprite replied;
“it bws na here sae fierd fell,
and on my dry and halesome banks
nae ker-wet leave to dwell:
ma
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