[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...

THE lady's dream.
If she is kind unto his dog,
He'll win at length the lassie.
" My Doggie" is the composition of Mr Joseph Train, the well known
correspondent of Sir Walter Scott. He is the author of " A History of |
the Isle of Man," and various other interesting works.
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The turrets of the Baron's tower.
Were tinged with evening's light,
When, wrapt in thought, the lady sought
The warder's giddy height. \
" Say, faithful warder, hast thou seen,
Across the heathy wold,
The manly form of my gallant lord,
With his mail-clad warriors bold "
" I've looked," he said, " across the plain,
But no mail-clad men I've seen ;
And all is silent, save the wind.
That stirs the woodland's green."
" Then wo is mine !" said the lady fair
" Within my troubled mind
Foreboding thoughts arise, and tell
That fate has been unkind.
" But haply, ere to-morrow's sun
Awakes the sleeping flower.
He yet again may bliss my arms.
Within our ancient tower."
Thus soothed by hope, she sought her couch,
But broken was her sleep
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