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The Highland monthly - National Library of Scotland

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A Suuimci" N^i^hfs Sono; 475<br />

A SUMMER NIGHT'S SONG.*<br />

'nr^HE nightingale breaks forth in plaintive strain,<br />

-*- In adoration <strong>of</strong> her God, and at His shrine<br />

She <strong>of</strong>fers up her prayer ; with what full heart<br />

Doth she not worship ? Hearken how each line<br />

Is pregnant all, with love and imagery divine<br />

In what sweet cadence, in what faultless time,<br />

Weds she this masterpiece <strong>of</strong> song, to perfect rhyme !<br />

Throughout the fragrant night, her rivulet <strong>of</strong> song.<br />

Gathering volume, moving ever, foam-like, borne along,<br />

Like some ethereal Spirit, floating, heavenward borne<br />

Across the starlit night to yonder glimmering dawn.<br />

October loth, i8g2.<br />

ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL.<br />

* <strong>The</strong>se lines, we are informed, have been sent by Lord Archibald Campbell<br />

to Miss Jessie Maclachlan, the <strong>Highland</strong> Prima Donna, to be used by her if<br />

she so wishes it.<br />

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