. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed. with a careful revision of the text. dead and stained with gore ;What heard he ? —not the clamorous shout their gratulations loud :Redmond he saw and heard alone,Clasped him and sobbed, My son ! my son! This chanced upon a summer morn,When yellow waved the heavy corn:But when brown August oer the landCalled forth the reapers busy band,A gladsome sight the sylvan roadFrom Eglistone to Mortham the hardy Iustic leavesThe task to bind and pile the sheaves,And maids their sickles fling asideTo gaze on bridegroom and on

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. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed. with a careful revision of the text. dead and stained with gore ;What heard he ? —not the clamorous shout their gratulations loud :Redmond he saw and heard alone,Clasped him and sobbed, My son ! my son! This chanced upon a summer morn,When yellow waved the heavy corn:But when brown August oer the landCalled forth the reapers busy band,A gladsome sight the sylvan roadFrom Eglistone to Mortham the hardy Iustic leavesThe task to bind and pile the sheaves,And maids their sickles fling asideTo gaze on bridegroom and on bride,And childhoods wondering group draws near,And from the gleaners hands the earDrops while she folds them for a prayerAnd blessing on the lovely then the Maid of Rokeby gaveHer plighted troth to Redmond brave ;And Teesdale can remember yetHow Fate to Virtue paid her debt,And for their troubles bade them proveA lengthened life of peace and love. Time and Tide had thus their sway,Yielding, like an April noon for sullen of joy for hours of sorrow !.

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