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LD this early bliss but
Constant for one single hour
But e'en now the humid
Scatters many a vernal shower

But now life's face beholden   Seemed bright as heaven's bare
With hope of gifts withholden   But now
From time's full-flowering
Each bud spake bloom to embolden   Love's heart, and seal his vow

The sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill, In Ettrick's vale, is sinking sweet;
The westland wind is hush and still, The lake lies sleeping at my feet
Yet not the landscape to mine eye Bears those bright hues that once it bore,
Though evening ...

I cannot change, as others do,
Though you unjustly scorn;
Since that poor swain that sighs for you,
For you alone was born

Although thy hand and faith, and good works too,
Have seal'd thy love which nothing should undo,
Yea though thou fall back, that
Confirm thy love; yet much, much I fear thee

In the cold change which time hath wrought on love (The snowy winter of his summer prime),
Should a chance sigh or sudden tear-drop move Thy heart to memory of the olden time;
Turn not to gaze on me with pitying eyes,
Nor mock me wi...

I used to glorify the poor,
Not simply lofty views expressing:
Their lives alone,
I felt, were true,

Five months ago the stream did flow,     The lilies bloomed within the sedge,
And we were lingering to and fro,
Where none will track thee in this snow,     Along the stream, beside the hedge
Ah,

Since Persia fell at Marathon, The yellow years have gathered fast: Long centuries have come and gone
And yet (they say) the place will don A phantom fury of the past, Since Persia fell at Marathon; And as of old, when Helicon Trembled and sw...