. Poems and songs . LAMENT OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING. Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree,And spreads her sheets o daisies white Out oer the grassy lea : E 26 LAMENT OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Now Phoebus cheers the crystal streams, And glads the azure skies ;But nocht can glad the weary wight That fast in durance lies. Now lavrocks wake the merry morn, Aloft on dewy wing;The merle, in his noontide bowr, Makes woodland echoes ring;The mavis mild, wi many a note, Sings drowsy day to rest:In love and freedom they rejoice, Wi care nor thrall opprest. Now b
. Poems and songs . LAMENT OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING. Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree,And spreads her sheets o daisies white Out oer the grassy lea : E 26 LAMENT OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Now Phoebus cheers the crystal streams, And glads the azure skies ;But nocht can glad the weary wight That fast in durance lies. Now lavrocks wake the merry morn, Aloft on dewy wing;The merle, in his noontide bowr, Makes woodland echoes ring;The mavis mild, wi many a note, Sings drowsy day to rest:In love and freedom they rejoice, Wi care nor thrall opprest. Now blooms the lily by the bank, The primrose down the brae ;The hawthorns budding in the glen, And milk-white is the slae :The meanest hind in fair Scotland May rove their sweets amang ;But I, the Queen of a Scotland, Maun lie in prison Strang. i was the Queen o bonnie France, Where happy I hae been ;Fu lightly raise I in the morn, As blythe lay down at een :And Im the Sovreign of Scotland, And monie a traitor there :Ye
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