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 scenes long pn^st of joy and pain 
 
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 JOHN WALKER'S COURTSHIP. 
 
 LEGEND OF LAUDERDALE. 
 
 scenes long past of joy and pain 
 
 Came wildering o'er his aged brain. 
 
 — Walter Scott. 
 
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JOHN WALKER'S COURTSHIP. 
 
 A LEGEND OF LAUDERDALE. 
 
 BY ALIJYN. 
 
 
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 AXCiUTD aiul loit'nng in tho shjide, 
 ( ^^j IJy leafy pines and niai)los made, 
 
 " We pause, to ponder o'er 
 What visil)le can yet he seen 
 Left looniin<i; up, of all between 
 Us and- the heretofore. 
 
 Associate of the Poets pen — 
 Erato, come and aid us, when 
 
 We lift oblivions veil, 
 And in ima<>ination gaze 
 Upon the scenes of youthful days. 
 
 In lovelv Lauderdale. 
 
 Familiar once, — familiar now, 
 
 Down '' Leader" vale the waters flow, 
 
 Oft curbed in their speed. 
 In infoncy, 'tho' rather rude ; 
 Yet by and bye more like a prude 
 
 Commingle with the Tweed. 
 
 ^luch that was pleasing in the past 
 Is now from mem'ry fading fast. 
 
 Or only dimly seen. 
 But still there live some anecdotes 
 That lead, like memorandum notes. 
 
 To what has erewhile been. 
 
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Wo look .'iioimd, and feel it strancre 
 'rii.'it iiotliinir tlicro ai>i)('ars to chancro ; 
 
 None need to (piestioii how ! 
 Moro .stranov that - lioox " which once iK>sse.s.sM 
 A charm more potent than tiie rest. 
 
 Has no attraction now. 
 
 Ladies — tiiis vajrary in verse 
 
 For yonr aninsenient we reliearse— 
 
 'Twas penciil'd for onr own. 
 And t'lo' Creations' Lords pooh, pooli, 
 At least some conntenanee by you 
 
 To poetry is sliown. 
 
 Somethinjr cxcitinrr, «^entienien 
 Do ci'ave for relaxation, when 
 
 Fi'om luisincss tliey unl»end. 
 Thence is it that the Tlieatre they 
 Prefer, unto the sweetest lay 
 
 That ever Poet penn'd. 
 
 Their appetites and their ideas. 
 Seem of a coarser caste than these 
 
 In figures feniim'ne ; 
 And in the structure of the mind, 
 Are constituted of a kind 
 
 More Doric in desitni. 
 
 The rustic cou[)lets we create, 
 Tho' never in a faultless state ; 
 
 Yet as they limp along 
 From pride and affectation free, 
 The softer sex can in them see 
 
 The symmetry of song. 
 
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 When morch.'uit princes' tono^noH nw nnite, 
 And niillionairo.s now in repnte 
 
 Do no ren«enil)ninoe share, 
 What they have deeni'd as vahieless, 
 In eyes like Sedj^wiek's may [)ossess 
 
 The ciiarni ol' relics rare. 
 
 They err who deem we're callons grown, 
 Whether a favonr or a frown, 
 
 Onr pencillinj^s repay. 
 Admittini^ we're to censnre prone. 
 There's not a friendly look or tone 
 
 On ns been tlnng away. 
 
 O sweet tiie words of praise approves, 
 What " Albyn" sings, from lips lie loves 
 
 From Isabella, yonrs. 
 Sweeter than odonrs that distil 
 From the Mayflowers on ^Manorhill, 
 
 In summers suiniy hours. 
 
 That ostracism is the fate 
 Our idyl's advent ma}- await — 
 
 Already we surmise. 
 But with the bijouterie will share 
 A place in the ]i(Judoii-, and there 
 
 Be scanned with eager eyes. 
 
 Lord (not Ben) Russell said one time 
 That things (no doubt including rhyme) 
 
 Tho' made a little rough. 
 That is, — not in the finest stvle, 
 Yet for tiie Colonists a while, 
 
 They might do well enough. 
 
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 Not so, tliinks Rm knosk; ov'ry iiimii 
 Of tlu'iM will have the host ho can, 
 
 Tho nicest of the nice ; 
 Kveii should it be the merest whim. 
 Is of no conse(inence to him, 
 
 Xor what mav he the price I 
 
 Away trom such we look aroimd, 
 Where other t'oihles are found 
 
 Can lend a i)leasin<,^ thrill ; 
 Where, rid of i»rande:ir and of gloom 
 The Muses protogechas room 
 
 To revel at his will. 
 
 Lord Ivussell's (licdiin us a whole 
 May not this pen of oiu's control, 
 
 Xor curl) (>ur crude desi<rns. 
 We smile o'er some deformity 
 The critics in our coujjlets spy ; 
 
 Xor hlnsh at limping lines. 
 
 I'erhaps some idle aftei'iioon, 
 For recreation Ave may prune 
 
 Exuberant (k1(]s and ends ; 
 And syllables that's harsh, rei)lace 
 With those of a becomin"; sxracc. 
 
 No connoisseur olfends. 
 
 Now, gentle dames — not gentlemen — 
 Indulge the Amateur till when 
 
 In some auspicious hour, 
 A Poem perfectly nnique, 
 He may from the Pierian peak 
 
 Of mount f^irnassus pe+u:. ^.^.^u*. j 
 
M'lifit(!\>i' «)Ceaiilily Miss Ivms Itoon 
 ApportioiiM to our lot, Itotwcen 
 
 Tlu* ( r.'idki and the <2;ravc, 
 ?s'()t <)ii,i;lit lii'sido til'.' j^onial t>l<)\v. 
 "J'liat only niinihtT.s can hcstow, 
 
 It has hi'cii ours to crave. 
 
 'The nu'lancholy mounds that toll 
 AVliere erst the warriors fouuiit and lell 
 
 In l)()r<ier feud and Iray, 
 S'tirr'd up emotions ol' a l<iM(l, 
 Shook the foundations of our mind. 
 
 And haunt us ni<jfht and day. 
 
 'l\i hide the horrors of the i»asl 
 Thero Nature has a cov'ring cast 
 
 Tw dra]H'ry of ijreen ; 
 Tho' frowning on the precipice, 
 The feu(hd t(twer, and fortalice 
 
 As souvenirs are seen. 
 
 Of such traditionary lore. 
 Our lexical! ii\ heretofore 
 
 By Scotia's classic streams, 
 In all the rustic raciness 
 And fascinaticHs they possess, 
 
 Are Albyn's airy dreams. 
 
 Among the comforts and the cares 
 That come uncall'd, oft unawares, 
 
 With or without an aim, 
 INInch of the '' days of other years " - 
 To us familiarh' ai)pears 
 
 And our attention claim. 
 
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 They arc not all ilhisiaiiH these 
 At nmsing hours that Albj'ii see«. 
 
 Into his presencti come. 
 Nor arc the visitations rare 
 Of siicli as Time consents to si)arc*. 
 Nor are they always dumb. 
 
 How fondly still on fancy borne 
 The milkmaids song at early morn. 
 
 By lovers deem'd divine, 
 We seem to hear, even the refrain 
 Repeated o'er and o'er again, 
 
 So dear in lan<;. LANciSYXi:! 
 
 Nor time, nor distance have destroyed 
 llememberance of what we enj<iy'd 
 
 At the sunsetting" hour ; 
 As list'ning to the music, when 
 The chorister iu Cleughsiile glen 
 
 Their ev'ning anthem pour. 
 
 Unchanged, unchangable to me, 
 As er.st my native vale I see. 
 
 And feel my bosom thrill. 
 A schoolboy at the school, and yet 
 Where Mary Crozier used to sit. 
 
 She is there sitting still. 
 
 Aye, it is her, the glossy hair. 
 
 Brown eyes and rosey cheeks are there 
 
 \\\ all their girlish glow ; 
 How strange it is that she alone, 
 AVlien all our other chums arc gone, 
 
 In mem'ry lingers now. 
 
She socms to have such startled look, 
 Nidewnys from oft' her copy hook 
 
 Tliat is hefore her laid ; 
 As wluMi one day she with a twitch 
 Snatched from the teachers hand a switch, 
 
 For punishment display'd. 
 
 -\h : days of youth I can we forffet 
 That witching hour when first we met 
 
 Her, in tlie i)rimrose ulen. 
 ^'or is it all a l.oyish dream, 
 For l»eautiful in the extreme 
 
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 Was Mary Crozier then. 
 
 iJnt now her grave is only there, 
 The sole memorial that we share 
 
 Of what she erst has been ; 
 Of every female grace possess'd, 
 Ere death, life's current did arrest, 
 
 Whilst in her earliest teen. 
 
 A i)ar(lonable weakness known 
 As the home fever, we must own, 
 
 Comes in some quiet hour ; 
 And episodes once fondly nursed, 
 J.ike floods oblivion currents burst 
 
 O'er mom'ry whelming pour. 
 
 Such frenzy as the farmers eye. 
 
 Shows when the rain-cloud's coming nigh 
 
 In summer drought are seen. 
 Even so on fragments of the i)ast, 
 Altho' with shadows overcast, 
 
 We prodigal have been. 
 
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 'Hiere is no foravc; Fviiown anioiTor, 
 The liordor fells inviting aong, 
 
 Where b.'ittleb rands were crossM ; 
 And who the victory did achieve, 
 But what we couh] from time retrieve 
 
 ^Vcre the traditions lost. 
 
 JJesides some features in the life 
 Of such as led on to the strife, 
 
 And did some valiant deed ; 
 Noble's the word we almost wrote. 
 And tho' ])efitting for a Scot, 
 
 Wrong with a Kerr to read. 
 
 lieshrew mv heart if thev forget 
 What ruthlessnes our father's met» 
 
 When right was lost in migiit. 
 Tho' seven decades have pass'd since then. 
 We conld, with three strokes of our [)en, 
 
 The compliment requite. 
 
 Just retribution is our creed, 
 But ''will not," ever in its stead. 
 
 Revenge fulness pursue. 
 And tho' unto the '• manor born," 
 All traits of vassalage Ave scorn, 
 
 ^NIaiu^ulsks deem their due. 
 
 Avails it aught I the .\iudal hand 
 Press'd heavily ; we love the land, 
 
 Albeit, the Baron's will, 
 Tho' limited by cluirch and !i,tate 
 In fixing a Retainers fate, 
 
 Is dominant there still. 
 
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 From haughty airs and with'ring words 
 That with a title ill. accords, 
 
 AVe turn away to gaze 
 AVith mingled feelings on the spot 
 'J'hat never can be all forjjot, 
 
 The IIoMi-: of youthful days. 
 
 What tho' unerring in their aim, 
 The shafts of death do there proclaim 
 
 The desolation made ; 
 Yet for beyond the artists' skill, 
 The dear familiar faces still, 
 
 On memory, are portray'd. 
 
 Part of the household sleeping sound, 
 Within the family burial ground 
 
 Are gather'd side by side; 
 Part went to Canada to die. 
 Part in Yandiemen's Land to lie, 
 
 But none there now abide. 
 
 Oxnam, the least of border streams. 
 But was the nurse of Albyn's dreams 
 
 And gave his temper tone. 
 Is beautiful, tho' not less wild, 
 Than a fond mother's fretful child. 
 
 To pouting always prone. 
 
 Uncursed by engineering skill. 
 It shows some waywardness, until 
 
 The bridge annoys it ; then 
 AVithout a moment of repose, 
 Torn by the splinter'd rocks, it Hows 
 
 Indignant down the glen. 
 
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 0, deem not strange a son of song 
 Finds joy in lingering' so long. 
 
 O'er the soul-stirring scene, 
 'I'liat in " Latig Si/ne'" and far away 
 Thro' ev'ry hour of ev'ry da}', 
 
 The world to him has been. 
 
 <) ! lovely landscape, what delight 
 Associates witii the llenwood height, 
 
 The C'ragtower and Cleughside, 
 And Dovesluiugh copse, — 'tis there, 'tis there, 
 If ever on this earth it were. 
 
 Now hap[)iness must hide. 
 
 Some incidents, more than tiie rest, 
 That nameless sanctities invest 
 
 T'o gladden or to grieve ; 
 We from oblivions giant pow'r. 
 For, pastime, in a playful hour 
 
 Are tempted to retrieve, 
 
 Stories from lips that long ago 
 
 In death are sealed, did tell of woe 
 
 Or peals of laughter 'wake ; 
 Just as they were, the where, the when, 
 To us, in broad naivele, then 
 
 Are told without mistake. 
 
 Some niorceciKs of a modest kind 
 The Antiquarians hence will fiud, 
 
 Inwoven with our rhymes ; 
 Of such a courtship that we know. 
 To misses in their teens will show 
 
 Transition in the times. 
 
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 Aid mo, O imise I the muse that breatlies 
 In whispers,— words that Albyn wreathes 
 
 In fascinating lays, 
 And with such coinage what he owes 
 (Distinguishing his friends from foes) 
 
 His obligations pa3s. 
 
 Perhaps '• a dre.m" becomes the boo >, 
 Or in the shape of a lampoon 
 
 The cheque in verse is made 
 In liquidation of our debt ; 
 One " trio" will not soon forget 
 
 The '' Retribution" paid. 
 
 When in the n.ood a pasquinade 
 At once can addle-pates persuades 
 
 To silence for a while ; 
 Or if the knaves should perverse be. 
 Both " Iloneyman " and '' Ben " know.— we 
 
 Can polish otf in style. 
 
 Nay, more, in an ill omen'd hour. 
 The fierce Groiila felt what pow'r 
 
 Is in our pencilling. 
 Nor could his legal verbiage save 
 Him from the blistering we gave 
 
 The rabid, reckless thing, 
 
 Tho' justice is our standard, still 
 We are not wanting in good will — 
 
 For no ignoble end, 
 But as a looking-glass for those 
 In Nova Scotia, BdU's and Ihaux, 
 
 This miniature have penn'd. 
 
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 A BroclHiri' for the Rondoir iiicet, 
 Or lovers in a tete .1 tete, 
 
 To trifling talk inclined ; 
 As on the photoirraph they glance. 
 Of course will in the circumstance 
 
 A pleasing proniptei' find. 
 
 rndelicacv is no part 
 Legitimately of the art, 
 
 To ijoetry pei-tains ; 
 It is to please, instruct, amuse, 
 And purity of mind infuse, 
 
 For this the Poet reigns. 
 
 One type of courtship we pourtray, 
 Deem'd fashionable in our day, 
 
 Now obsolete become : 
 But by the muses, mystic aid. 
 May ill the i)resent age be made 
 
 Amusing unto some. 
 
 Not as a classic mode, the few 
 Will question of it being true, — 
 
 The border plan we deem, 
 But when compared with Avhat is now 
 Found requisite, we must allow 
 
 It merits our esteem. 
 
 What time our '• boys" and ''girls " do find, 
 A tickling from the boy that's blind, 
 
 Tnfiituated they ; 
 So anxious that the world should know 
 Their '' Lciison " like a public show, — 
 
 Are careful to displa}-. 
 
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 T>x'tr.ivagant in 'ilio oxtroino, 
 Tli« traits of gallantry do socin, 
 
 Some boardloss youth (Miiploys ; 
 Whilst the dovotion tibatlac iiiofiRs, 
 A budding ])oauty in lior toons 
 
 I'nhlusliingly enjoys. 
 
 Tho frenzy, whether felt or foign'd. 
 -Miinitely has to be niaintainiVi 
 
 Lost Lkila take the pouts, 
 And if liyany chance, ithe JNIiss 
 i)n night, be wanting of her kiss — 
 
 None tie dwioueniont doubts. 
 
 l^r what «f love onr legend tolls, 
 We crave indulgence from the BeMes, 
 
 The lieanx will not condemn ; 
 •So may, in honour of the sex. 
 The memorandums we annex 
 
 Pi-ovo amulets to them. 
 
 Such is the Proem, our <lesign 
 Is visible in every line 
 
 If conn'd witJi connnon care,— • 
 And Avhat is in the sequel seen 
 For ages has in Scotland been, 
 
 A'or yet unfrequent there. 
 
 One Summer ev'ning C'elia stood 
 Beside me in a musing mood. 
 
 About the setting sun ; 
 Tell me, she said, you are aware, 
 Tn Scotland, how a love affair 
 
 "With young folks is boirun. 
 
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 From- eliiklhoocl I have always Jiad 
 A strong propensity to add, 
 
 fStrange stories of tlie past^ 
 I'nto the Album in my mind, 
 Especially what I can tind 
 
 Of an outlandish caste. 
 
 Nothing can lend me more delight^ 
 Than list'ning unto, or recite 
 
 Bon mots of anticxue mould, — 
 Or auy sayings tluit are shrewd ; 
 It matters not how quaint or crude^ 
 
 Provided they are oltl 
 
 With vast experience Israel's King: 
 Confess'd love imikiny; was a thinir 
 
 lie could not comprehend ; 
 There may be still some subtile art 
 To captivate a nuiiden's heart 
 
 No Poet yet has penn'd ; 
 
 What tho' I maybe counted green 
 Among the spectres that are seen 
 
 Fre(iuenting Cupid's court, 
 My choice is rather to be spared 
 The obliquy of being snared 
 
 Or hurt by him for sport ; 
 
 Tho' but a novice, 1 have laughed 
 To see an ill-directed shaft 
 
 That from his quiN'er came. 
 13ut should he try another shot^ 
 It may be Just as Uke as not 
 
 He'll take a better aim. 
 
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 It IS not all an idle ^ost, 
 
 Thut is comprised in my voqnes't: 
 
 For tUo' tho Roy ho blind, 
 ""Pis not impossible some day 
 The tantalizino- tyrant may 
 
 In me aTietir.i find. 
 
 Amidst those biterestinp; years, 
 ;So rod(,lent of hopes and fears, 
 
 "With girlhood intervenes. 
 Ah 1 who would gniduv m their behalf 
 A pasje of life or para<>;raph 
 
 Whilst trav'ling thro' their teens, 
 
 IToAv fruitful then a friendly hint 
 Too trivial to be placed in i)iint. 
 
 To Index on the nnnd. 
 There innocence in peril may 
 With conunon sense to lead the wav, 
 
 A ready reck'ner fmd. 
 
 Tile anecdote, and repartee. 
 Seem more familiar unto me, 
 
 And are remembered more 
 Than lectures or orations made, 
 Altho' the audience do persuade 
 
 To a repeating o'er. 
 
 When syllal)les are smoothly knit, 
 And tlie enigma blends with wit, 
 
 They long on mem'ry tloat ; 
 And odds and ends, at leisure hours. 
 That trickle from that tongue of yours. 
 
 Can never be forgot. 
 
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 Here CVlia puuscd, and All)yirs IimiuE 
 Was waved, as if it did deiiumd 
 
 Attention fj'oni liis j^irest ; 
 f)r IVoni oblivion gather in 
 Ueniinisc-enees, to ))e«;in 
 
 ScMik? long l(>i«;otteii jent. 
 
 Deem it not stranj^e, tliat (iuFetn(»s.s. 
 The Ilenuitaji'e lias in excess, 
 
 Was^ Imiiislied for a time. 
 And in Inr-r own jKHniliar mode 
 That alwavs is a littlie odd, 
 
 The Poet ixjnr'd out rhyme. 
 
 Well, ("elia, listen, I'll relate 
 One instanei' of an oldish date, 
 
 llitrc how some yoinit2;sters woo ; 
 And to amuse you with the fun, 
 Tell how the eourtinj; is hegnin 
 
 And how 'tis finished too. 
 
 Less of the flourish, more of fact. 
 Than Nova Scotia Belles exact 
 
 From their obedient Beaux. 
 Few indications there are seen 
 Of how the inclinations lean, 
 
 Ere the proceedings close ; 
 
 None of the glitter and the glare, 
 Seen here to be the special care, 
 
 Alike with low and high. 
 kSo. prodigal, it leaves no room 
 Between the Bride and the Bridegroom. 
 
 For love to take a shy ; 
 
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 M'ide Is llic (litl'crciico liotwt'cn 
 'Those 111 my MJilivc land, I wt'cn, 
 
 And fhiHr BliuMioscs h<»}ist. 
 ITcrc. to I'xhilMl »fivos dcliiilit. — 
 A H:isli. ihon vniiish out <»t' sight, 
 
 WlioM tlio iMHiator's oross'd. 
 
 It will ai'lmil of no flispiito. 
 
 That Maimiins sc^iiu'tiiiics in a suit. 
 
 Do kindly intorpo!- ;* ; 
 -And. niosliM in their iiianrpiivros. soon 
 AVith bridal tour — and honovmoon. 
 
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 Tile cdiniax lias a closo. 
 
 None of that nn-kot kind of way, 
 So lashioiiabk* in our day, 
 
 And prized by IJeaiix and Belles, 
 Is over to be scon anion<r 
 The simple nistics. that belong 
 
 To Scotland's glens and fells. 
 
 The flowers and figures that are wove 
 Into the mysteries of Love, 
 
 A Poet's stock in trade. 
 Admiring them as beautiful, 
 We leave Lhjlators to cull 
 
 Their "• omens and their aid." 
 
 Another pathway ours to tread 
 In far off lands, by mem'ry led 
 
 We reaeh a ruin, where 
 The hero and the heroine 
 (iavo birth to this Brochure of mine, 
 
 Became a happy pair. 
 
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 Tlicro jiro exceptions ; t'vei'.vwlu-ri* 
 Lovt' (MU be secret, it is lavu 
 
 A I'oikIiicss to ciiiil'cs.s, 
 Modes tiiv exlwiustless, only now- 
 One specimen njirnite to you 
 
 in native nakcdnesH. 
 
 flohn, — I tliinlv Wnlkci', — was his nanif. 
 / That in some Ivind of Border liame, 
 A local lame had won — 
 "I'is lon^i; aii«», l»nt still I can 
 Renieniher him. — a line yt)vm<^ man, — 
 A widow's only son. 
 
 .lohn had a modest, ([uiet way, 
 111 cy'rythin*;' he had to say, 
 
 And ev'rvthinuj he did. 
 KVn when a favor he conterr'd, 
 (Perhaps in that lie rather err'd.) 
 
 lie tried to keej) it hid. 
 
 'I'oo youn<2; to be iilentilied 
 
 ^^'ith what is in '' (indeman" ini[)lied. 
 
 His maxims sometimes crude ; 
 Yet did the iioighhors look on John 
 As a domestic paragon 
 
 In moral rectitude. 
 
 Consistent in his daily walk, 
 lie had no time for idle talk, 
 
 In rural lal)our skill'd, — 
 And if creation had a charm 
 More than his mother, from his farm, 
 
 The philter was distill'd. 
 
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 Tlio'^jilwiiys Ik'M ill hio-h esteem. 
 Ye't Cclia — yoii nrc not to cU'Cin, 
 
 He (lid all moil cncoI ', 
 ll^it tMs not lU'pos.sarv nil 
 He was, or was not. to recall. 
 
 Like those who stories tell. 
 
 ■•lohn was. so will the sequel show. 
 What N'ova Seotiaiis eall a Hean, 
 
 To eoiiJiin<r i\'\{ inelined : 
 -\n(l comin^i,^ from the Kirk one day 
 l\y ehanee. fell in with Jenny (Jray, 
 
 The dauj^hter of a Hind. 
 
 It was the sajiie next Sahbath dav. 
 What time the serviec e:.led, tliev 
 
 .Alet. as l)efore they met, 
 And wendlni; homeward very slow- 
 Some jn'ople said who oLijrht to know, 
 
 Tliey parted with regret. 
 
 .lenny. albeit a rnstie maid, 
 
 To her admirers seemed a shade 
 
 Above a peasant's i>laee ; 
 Her faultless tigure and her mien 
 Might have been copied l)y a Queen, 
 
 Although of Brunswick's race. 
 
 Devoted at an early age 
 
 A mother's sutferings to assauge, 
 
 Did not her life eclipse, 
 Nor did ;i lathers open ear 
 A fretful whisper ever hear 
 
 I'-scaping from her lips. 
 
 
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 "N7r n'c-n'jition she ooiild share 
 Aliko 11 frolic and a '• fair" 
 
 AVerc unto her (k'nied ; 
 Xor might her female friends beguirc 
 To leave herdiarge with them a while.. 
 
 Though frequently tiiey tried. 
 
 With convaleseenee came a change. 
 When it was thouuht no longer stranu'e 
 
 To see a smiling face ; 
 A half deeatle of dee[) distress. 
 Ol' walehing and of weariness. 
 
 Then hatl not left a trace. 
 
 A cottage near the i)u))lic road 
 
 In LeaderA'ali', was .lohn's abode — 
 
 A beautiful retreat ; 
 There lirst the nuise her protege 
 (A bUxMuing girl she seemed to me) 
 
 Did in the (jluamin greet. 
 
 Jn situation and good taste 
 
 Its whole descri[)tion is embraced, 
 
 Antl its surroundings showed 
 How nuK'h the culture and the care. 
 The foliage and the flow'rets there 
 
 Tnto the owner owed. 
 
 Tourists, and travelers, too, have been 
 Enchanted with the lovely scene, 
 
 And. freed from toil and care, 
 l)y the delightful domicile 
 Have stay'd their steps a little while. 
 
 And tasted pleasure there. 
 
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 Among the hordes that always swarm 
 In harvest time about a farm, 
 
 Some lithe, and laggard some. 
 Distinguish'd from the motley squad, 
 A very likely looking lad 
 
 To Carolside did come. 
 
 With more than ev'n a reaper's pride, 
 And mine was great, oft Carolside 
 
 To me still present seems, 
 JNIueh there has been that now is not, 
 But O, that d^'.r, delightful spot 
 
 Commingles witii my dreams. 
 
 Just as tlie moon began to rise 
 One ev'ning, John, to his suri)rise, 
 
 fSaw in the twilight dim 
 The stranger's hand a moment rest 
 On Jenny Gray ; the bitterest 
 
 Of bitterness to him. 
 
 Half stupified. and startled too, 
 Lost in conjectures wliat to do. 
 
 Or what to leave alone ; 
 What if imaginary ; still 
 It was an element of ill 
 
 He had not counted on. 
 
 There must have been impressions made 
 In the attentions that were i)aid, 
 
 Design'd or undesign'd ; 
 And it was cruel to suspect 
 That Jenny, always so correct. 
 
 To flirting was. inclined. 
 
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 That iiicfht John did not slecij n wfnk 
 For tliinkini^, tho' he could not tliiuk 
 
 Of aii<j,ht but Jenny Gray ; 
 And tho' more than is eonniion sliy, 
 Resolved at last his luck to try, 
 
 And hear what she would say. 
 
 A stransi'cr to decei)tive ways, 
 Yet knew the dandier of delays, 
 
 And at the twiliiiiit hour 
 Dressed u[; in ijo-to-meeting trim, 
 A thing unusual with him. 
 
 Set otf to Whitslade Tower. 
 
 'I'hat ruin'd tower, to me eudear'd 
 Ky legendary tales, and weird 
 
 With shadows o'er them cast ; 
 And cottages that cluster round 
 Are still in mem'ry to be found 
 
 "When [)ictMring the past. 
 
 Xor had the gallant long to wait. 
 For as he reached the oi»en gate 
 
 There, milking-pail in hand, 
 Stood Jenny ; but she stood amazed. 
 And they at one another gazed. 
 
 No words at their command. 
 
 ''O, darling, is it you that's here," 
 John stammered out at last. " O, dear! 
 
 O. ine ! I am so j^Ieased ; 
 I just came o'er the niglit to see 
 How it would be — how it will be," 
 
 And then her hand he seized. 
 
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 Jenny was silent for a wliile. 
 
 And tlien, between a frown and smile. 
 
 Said : " John, what do vou mean ? 
 You act so very strange to-night, 
 That 1 am really in a fright, 
 
 Bless me, where havej-ou been?" 
 
 *' O, Jenny, do not be afraid. 
 
 Not in the least, of me," John said : 
 
 '• I would not hurt a hair 
 lielongsto you, — but speak at once 
 And say if I have any chance 
 
 A thought of youi-s to share. 
 
 " You are indeed so very good, 
 You will not, cannot think me rude. 
 
 Tho' we are here alone ; 
 And if you do my boldness blame, 
 I must, I shall put in a claim 
 
 To have 3'ou for my own." 
 
 Jenny was startled — who would not 
 At such a time, in such a spot. 
 
 If not quite dark, yet dim ; 
 And tho' she might his errand guess. 
 Yet her surprise was none the less 
 
 At meeting there with him. 
 
 If it had been the neii^hbor lad. 
 Or even the miller's man, that had 
 
 Then coming thro' the yard, 
 But very little, tho' alone, 
 Friendly, not free with every one, 
 
 The lassie would have cared. 
 
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 Ad. CeTia I^ cleeni iio^t strange that when 
 John Walker stoixl hofore her then, 
 
 It' min<iied with her smile 
 A nnmeless ho[>e, a nameless fear, 
 And ever ■MK'Qnsclousl3' a tear^ 
 
 Con I her for a while. 
 
 She was a woman, C'elia I nay, 
 Bnt lips that eurl as yours do, may 
 
 O'er i>rudeiiee yet prevail ; 
 And you ! yes, you, we can supposc- 
 Miji'ht be aeeounted odd hv those 
 
 That live in Lauderdale. 
 
 ^lind. she was youni;. and primitive 
 In manners, more than them that live 
 
 In towns and eities are, 
 A nd (jnite excusable the way 
 She did such awkwardness dis[)lay, 
 
 When met with unaware. 
 
 In modern days, perha[)S, she might 
 13e held 1)V Halifax elite 
 
 As vulgar in her way ; 
 But not a lad in Leader side 
 That would a richly dower'd bride 
 
 Prefer to Jennv (Jrav. 
 
 There came suspense — a painful thrill- 
 Pulsation in the heart stood still 
 
 To hear the res[)onse come ; 
 And all above, around, beneath. 
 Were as the denizens of death, 
 
 Without exception, dumb. 
 

 h was deep silence ; nothing stirred : 
 yUiU\ all was mute, and not a word 
 
 Allowed to break the spell. 
 Cntil a l)owing of the head, 
 Anspieiously interpreted, 
 V ToM what there was to tell. 
 
 1 he c);csen one was fii^t her fate 
 To own, and to reei])rocate. 
 
 Consideration won ; 
 Xor kei)t aloof to ken how far 
 It nn'ght be hers to make or mar 
 The blessedness begun. 
 
 *' Well, John," she said, '• I am so glad 
 M'hat such a sober, decent lad 
 
 As yon are known to l)e, 
 Xor deem it meet to question why 
 Von pass so many beauties l)y. 
 
 And come here courting me. 
 
 ^' What will the shepherd of CJackmar, 
 Ah, yes, and ]3oyd of Blainslie say. 
 
 Or him of Coomslyhill? 
 Tho' not sweethearts of mine, yet thev 
 Do speak to me in such a way 
 
 As lads to lassies will. 
 
 ••All, all the gossips that we ken, 
 Xot less the women than the men 
 
 At me will have a shy ; 
 My cousin Kate, among the rest. 
 Js always ready with a jest 
 
 To sli]) in very sly. 
 
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 •• A fav'ritc (iv'rvwlu'ro is Kate, 
 And ovon since an carlv dato 
 
 Liko sisters we have been ; 
 lint what I c(Mild not now repeat 
 Without a blush, vet when we meet 
 
 Will certainly be seen. 
 
 '• A wierd-likohai>: came here last week 
 l*retendin<^ that she could not speak, 
 
 Hut, with a piece of chalk, 
 Takin<^ a curious squint at me. 
 As plain as anytliin<]i; can l)e. 
 
 Wrote on "the table ' W A L K— * 
 
 •• None of us then could comprehend 
 What these four letters did intend ; 
 
 But I've a notion now 
 That if I read the riddle right, 
 W'hatever brought you here to-night, 
 
 The key has come with you. 
 
 • • The master said this afternoon 
 Wq are to have our Kirn as soon 
 
 As e'er the reaping's o'er ; 
 lint if you come, you're not to be 
 One bit more couthie ways with me 
 
 Than what you was before. 
 
 "' If there be kissing: Och ! it is 
 No use in putting •■ if to this ; 
 
 No doubt but there will be 
 A rudeness that creates disgust ; 
 I only mention, so you must 
 
 Not practice then on me. 
 
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 " And if, ill ovltino- thro' adjiiioo. 
 Wo mei't ton-otliLT, like l»y chance. 
 
 We may a smile exclian<»e ; 
 Hut '.vlicii the lads and lasses [)air 
 'I'ogo awa}-, if I'm not there 
 
 Von need not think it strange. 
 
 •• 'iho' not as once it may luive hccii. 
 Still there are little inklinos seen 
 
 Of thin.iis maiiranders did; 
 Nor ill to find here some have lujt 
 The Border m ixims yet forgot. 
 
 And do Mhat they're forI)id. 
 
 •• So. when you do come here to spark, 
 Tf it should hapiien to be dark. 
 
 Or at a lateish hour, 
 Go round the Cairn on AVhitsladc 
 There is a gang- of (iipsies now 
 
 Encanii)ing in the Tower. 
 
 •• Yestreen one of them tried to kill 
 The miller's man, of Thirlstane mill, 
 
 lUit Stephen is so stroiio-. 
 He down the thorny cleugii this side 
 Of where the IJoondriech waters glide. 
 
 The ruflian hurled headlong. 
 
 •• You know that is not for me 
 'i'o say what their designs may he ; 
 
 But. whether right or wrong. 
 One rule with them is absolute, 
 That anything they see will suit 
 
 Must unto them belon<y." 
 
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 '•' iiut, are you sure, for mercy's sak(% 
 III ease there should l»e a mistake, 
 
 From Avhtit you see and hear? 
 I'erhaps it may l»e (piite as well 
 At the hejiiiminjj;, just to tell 
 
 I've neither gold nor goai'." 
 
 "• Ilusii. Jenny, hush I take earc, taki' i-art- 1 
 Ui'sponded John ; " it is not lair 
 
 To prattle about iH'lf ; 
 Ofeovetousuess I am free. 
 Save what excusal)le ma}' he — 
 
 The coveting yoiu'self. 
 
 " No sight or sound on earth can be 
 So laden with delight to me, 
 
 As when I hear vou si)eak ; 
 The very air so sweet and i)ure. 
 And still I scarcely can endure 
 
 It playing on my cheek. 
 
 ••Then, O, be careful what vou say, 
 jMy thoughts are scatter'd ev'ry way. 
 
 Nor breathe of gear and gold ; 
 Such floods of joy are tembling thro* 
 My heart in lovingness to you, 
 
 As never mav be told. 
 
 '"Nor less my soul impatience shows. 
 As. startled out of calm repose. 
 
 It flutters up and down- 
 Now in my brain, now in my breast,— 
 Nor leaves to me a moment's rest. 
 
 My ha[)piness to own. 
 
•' And, Joiiny, it seems early yet 
 To inino-le pleasure with reoret. 
 
 Or eoiijure up, to-niglii. 
 What may or may not be our share 
 Of ills, — lelieities im[)air. 
 
 And aspirations blioht. 
 
 ••Has it not been unfortunate 
 That many in the married state 
 
 For hicre barter'd love ; 
 As in the sequel of their lives, 
 Whether as husbands or as wives, 
 
 It does disastrous prove. 
 
 '• Had it been in my mind to seek 
 For ' siller,' there is Annie Meek. 
 
 Known to be rich, but still 
 Would willingly be made my l)ride. 
 And all the Lainl left her beside 
 
 To sugar-coat the pill." 
 
 He ceased, and in a list'ning state 
 Stood mute, as if he did await 
 
 An answer to be made ; 
 So Jenny, re-assured, began 
 To say, as females only can. 
 
 What she had left unsaid. 
 
 " I'm either pleased or proud, or it 
 ]May be some other feeling, yet 
 
 I have no name for now. 
 Or parti}- both ; I do confess 
 It seems to me like happiness. 
 
 But know not why or how. 
 
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 " fill inure tliuii pleased, for F rejoice 
 'foliii Walker Iras made iite his dioicn „ 
 
 And' i)asse(r h\ I-eila Stnmu' : 
 J often tluMinlii that l^eila sliare<l 
 ♦ Nmsidvrahly in y<Hrr rejjfard'. 
 
 Althoiijirb r iiKiv he wroniiv 
 
 '• And tlwrc is Bessie l>l<K)nrK('l<l. t 
 Sonic folk iniai^inu voii did \v<xv. 
 
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 laps it is not true 
 
 \\\\\ if von e\er |)roiinsed iier, 
 Me (-arcl'nl of liei" (^lal•aeter, 
 
 SincT' yo\i Uave ta'eii the rnc 
 
 *• Another thing, before wo part.- 
 
 M\ inothe 
 
 If it lui'jik my heart. 
 
 In casi" that we siioitld err. 
 Keep this in iniivd, wimte'er thi' woi" 
 it l>ring,s to me, if slie says • \o.' 
 
 We must he as wo were. 
 
 -• This niav seem Ux>kin<»' tar aheaiL 
 Ihit tlien I do not see the nee(l 
 
 'I'hiit you should dangle on : 
 And tlio' we don't exactlv see 
 What may in the hereafter be, 
 
 I tliink rU take you, John. 
 
 '• "fis not the first tune in my life 
 i\t> had the chance to be a wife, — 
 
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 us may be pipers news 
 
 But tho' with you so very free, 
 .Mind, that is not to hinder me 
 ()/' all mij courting f7»t'.s." 
 
 *" I'iiici's news" lirk'lly oxpros^ps whut is tlioii told us as 
 Miiiiotliiii;> lliut is gcnoniUy known at the time. 
 
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 Ah : lilllc cillicr of llicni k\]v^K 
 
 ' riio Cow-herd hoy. tho' out of vu-i*. 
 
 JIo.iimI cv'rv word wjis sai<l 
 .Nor was it lono- b(.(<)iv tlio oil'. 
 \s oiilorln'niriK'ut to hunscli". 
 
 The rcAchilloM made. 
 
 Dot's Cclhi Hinih'? nh ! TV't'll slic ni!i\s 
 .At siicli nil oxpoditious way, — 
 
 I h<'n''.s DO lovc-iiiakMto: now 
 Like what wah then In Scotland done; 
 aCioli, (Vl<» ! tlitit is their <lan,<j:hter's son 
 
 Comes here a coiirtiijo v<>u, 
 
 A l»hish that found no hiding jtlaeo 
 ■Seem'd j^lowing u])on Celia's faee. 
 
 As .she o-j^zed into inine ; 
 "I'iien. turning where the organ stood, 
 •Sung in a soul-entrancing meed, 
 And played to us " La»^ Spic.'' 
 
 CKLIA\S .SOX(i. 
 
 I long onoe more the vale to sec, 
 
 The vale where ''Leader" flows; 
 The broom is there so dear to me. 
 
 The broom o' the Cowdenknowes 
 Ciioms — O, days that came on rainltow wing. 
 And as a rain bow shone, 
 How fondly they to mem'ry cling. 
 Now when thev all are ixouv. 
 
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 I low oft in youth I'vo waiidor'd Avlicn* 
 Tlio l)rooin and lioatlicr grows, 
 
 J^iit saw not aiijj^ht tljat niijjjlit coinpan' 
 With hrooni o' tho C'owdonknowi's. 
 (), days that conio, &.c. 
 
 On IJhilnslio hrao.s tho sun at eve 
 
 A bonny blink bestows, 
 Hut fondly kisses ere it h-ave 
 
 The bnjoni o' the Cowdenknowes, 
 (). days tliat come, &c. 
 
 Say "Seotland," and my bosom still 
 With fev'rish i)leasure <>lows. 
 
 lint more a word can make it thrill 
 That sounds like '^ Cowdenknowes." 
 O, days that eomc, &c. 
 
 Tho' beautiful the Mayflowers l)loonj 
 
 Amid the winter snows. 
 They have no charm to me like broom — • 
 
 'VUq bvoom o' the Cowdenknowes. 
 O, days that come, &c. 
 
 Away far hence, by fancy led, 
 Where lovers breathe their vows, 
 
 E'en now among the broom we tread, — 
 Tiie broom o' the Cowdenknowes. 
 O, d.iys that come, &c. 
 
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