“Glen of Glenfarg” [“Glen of Glenfarg thy beauteous rill”]
Glen of Glenfarg.
Glen of Glenfarg, thy beauteous rill,
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Streaming through thy mountains high,
Onward pressing, onward still,
Hardly seeing the blue sky.
Streaming through thy mountains high,
Onward pressing, onward still,
Hardly seeing the blue sky.
Mountain streams, press on your way,
And run into the stream below:
Never stop like idle clay,—
Hear the sheep, and cattle low.
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5And run into the stream below:
Never stop like idle clay,—
Hear the sheep, and cattle low.
Stones that in the stream do lie,
Bear the rushing torrent still:
—Thou shalt never, never die,
—Submit unto the Almightyʼs will.
Bear the rushing torrent still:
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10—Thou shalt never, never die,
—Submit unto the Almightyʼs will.
Cows that lie upon the grass,
Rise and graze upon the hills;
Never be a heavy mass,
Like a stone thatʼs in the rills.
Rise and graze upon the hills;
Never be a heavy mass,
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15Like a stone thatʼs in the rills.
Sheep that eat upon the hills,
Rise, and play, and jump about;
Drink out of the running rills,
And always on the grass be out.
Rise, and play, and jump about;
Drink out of the running rills,
And always on the grass be out.
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Cottages upon the plain,
Placed so near the floury mills;
—Cottager, look on Charlesʼs Wain, 2
Right above the grassy hills.
Placed so near the floury mills;
—Cottager, look on Charlesʼs Wain, 2
Right above the grassy hills.