. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed. with a careful revision of the text. THE LADY OF THE LAKE. 187. 2r§e 3Latig of tljc Slake. CANTO GATHERING. Time rolls his ceaseless course. The raceof yore,Who danced our infancy upon their knee,And told our marvelling boyhood legendsstoreOf their strange ventures happed by landor are they blotted from the things thatbe!How few, all weak and withered of on the verge of dark eternity, Like stranded wrecks, the tide sweep them from our sight! Time rollshis ceaseless course. Yet live there
. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed. with a careful revision of the text. THE LADY OF THE LAKE. 187. 2r§e 3Latig of tljc Slake. CANTO GATHERING. Time rolls his ceaseless course. The raceof yore,Who danced our infancy upon their knee,And told our marvelling boyhood legendsstoreOf their strange ventures happed by landor are they blotted from the things thatbe!How few, all weak and withered of on the verge of dark eternity, Like stranded wrecks, the tide sweep them from our sight! Time rollshis ceaseless course. Yet live there still who can remember well,How, when a mountain chief his bugleblew, Both field and forest, dingle, cliff, and dell, And solitary heath, the signal knew;And fast the faithful clan around him time the warning note was time aloft their kindred banner clamorous war-pipes yelled thegathering while the Fiery Cross glanced, like ameteor, round. The Summer dawns reflected hue To purple changed Loch Katrine blue; Mildly and soft the western breeze Just kissed the lake, j
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