. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. bles thro thee. Sweet it is to sing unto thee Songs, where minstrel never sang. I would bear thee my devotion,Bless thee, hurrying to the ocean,And, with not serene for thee a parting days shall glide before muse no longer oer shalt find a minstrel worthyWhen I wander far away. J. Sir T. D. Lauder, Bart., RELUGAS 3^5 Upon his return to London the poet sent the following little note, with twobooks, to his kind host at Relugas :— Mv DEAR Sir T
. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. bles thro thee. Sweet it is to sing unto thee Songs, where minstrel never sang. I would bear thee my devotion,Bless thee, hurrying to the ocean,And, with not serene for thee a parting days shall glide before muse no longer oer shalt find a minstrel worthyWhen I wander far away. J. Sir T. D. Lauder, Bart., RELUGAS 3^5 Upon his return to London the poet sent the following little note, with twobooks, to his kind host at Relugas :— Mv DEAR Sir Thomas,—I herewith send you two little volumes of mine, which, ifyou will place on the shelves of your library, may serve to hang a slight memory upon ofthose, to me, most interesdng days I spent at Relugas.—With kindest compliments toLady Lauder, believe me, my dear Sir Thomas, yours ever truly, John Browning. London, \i,th May 1S30. It was at Relugas, the same year as the great flood, 1829, that Sir ThomasDick Lauder first became personally acquainted with Hugh Miller, the journey-. OLD ROCK IN T man mason of Cromarty, whose literary genius had been discovered by MissDunbar of Boath, Forres, an old lady who had been of great service to him inlending him books and poems. She eventually introduced him to Sir Thomasin reference to a book of poems she had induced him to publish ; but as theinteresting correspondence between Sir Thomas and Hugh Miller himself didnot take place until the Baronet had removed to the Grange House, wewill reserve it for another chapter. With what fond regret the family departed from Relugas, with its woodsand vales, its winding rivers and lonely glens, it is easy to imagine, for had itnot been the bridal home of Lady Lauder and the birthplace of her numerous 326 RELUGAS olive-branches ? To sell it seemed impossible, so the beautiful Eden was let toMr. Fitzpatrick and his young bride. Not many years passed, however, ere it was besought by Mr. Willi
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