. The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland. o the ancient seat, 4 miles from theformer, of Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh : see Glen-cross. From old Woodhouselee, which RegentMurray boldly bestowed on Sir James Bellenden,one of his favourites, Lady Bothwellhaugh wasturned out in a cold night, in a state of undress, tothe open fields; and she, in consequence, became,previous to the next morning, furiously occurrence forms the subject of Sir WalterScotts first ballad of Cadyow castle:— O. change accursed! past are those days;False Murrays ruthless spoilers came
. The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland. o the ancient seat, 4 miles from theformer, of Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh : see Glen-cross. From old Woodhouselee, which RegentMurray boldly bestowed on Sir James Bellenden,one of his favourites, Lady Bothwellhaugh wasturned out in a cold night, in a state of undress, tothe open fields; and she, in consequence, became,previous to the next morning, furiously occurrence forms the subject of Sir WalterScotts first ballad of Cadyow castle:— O. change accursed! past are those days;False Murrays ruthless spoilers came,And for the hearths domestic destructions volumed flame. What sheeted phantom wanders wild,Where mountain Esk, through woodland flows. Her arms enfold a shadowy child—Oh ! is it she, the pallid rose ? Hamilton, the injured husband of the lady, and therobbed proprietor of the mansion, became, it will beremembered, the assassin of the Regent. See Lin-lithgow. WOODSIDE. See Aberdeen. WORMINGTON. See Linton, Roxburghshire. WRATH (Cape). See Cape WOOD OF COILLEBHROINE ON LOCH VENNACHOIR. 820 YARROW. YARROW (The), a river of Selkirkshire, morecelebrated in song than any other stream in occurrence upon its banks of an early melan-choly event which made a deep impression on thepopular mind,—the facility with which its name yieldsto the adaptation of rhyme,—the pervading wildnesswhich, with occasional dashes of beauty and romance, characterizes its landscape and the disposition of later poets to rival and excel predecessors in the dis-cussion of a favourite theme,—seem all to have had aninfluence in recommending the stream to so high aplace in poetic favour. An idea of lugubrious sadnessis associated with much of the rivers scenery, andwith its early and chief historical reminiscence. Whatthat reminiscence precisely is cannot be ascertainedbeyond the general tradition of a deadly feud, whichterminated in the death of two antagonist lords orl
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