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The braes ascend like lofty wa's,
The foamy stream deep roaring fa's,
O'er-hung wi' fragrant spreading shaws
The Birks of Aberfeldy.
The foamy stream deep roaring fa's,
O'er-hung wi' fragrant spreading shaws
The Birks of Aberfeldy.
The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' ⟨flowers,⟩
White o'er the lins the burnie pours,
And, rising, weets wi' misty showers
The Birks of Aberfeldy.
White o'er the lins the burnie pours,
And, rising, weets wi' misty showers
The Birks of Aberfeldy.
Let fortune's gifts at random flee,
They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me,
Supremely blest wi' love and thee,
In the Birks of Aberfeldy.
They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me,
Supremely blest wi' love and thee,
In the Birks of Aberfeldy.
M'Pherson's Farewell
Farewell, ye dungeons dark and ⟨strong⟩
The wretch's destiny!
M'Pherson's time will not be long
On yonder gallows-tree,
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly,
Sae dantingly gaed he.
He play'd a spring, and danc'd it ⟨round⟩
Below the gallows-tree
The wretch's destiny!
M'Pherson's time will not be long
On yonder gallows-tree,
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly,
Sae dantingly gaed he.
He play'd a spring, and danc'd it ⟨round⟩
Below the gallows-tree
O what is death but parting breath!
On many a bloody plain
I've dar'd his face, and in this place
I scorn him yet again!
Sae rantingly, &c.
On many a bloody plain
I've dar'd his face, and in this place
I scorn him yet again!
Sae rantingly, &c.
