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HUMOROUS POEMS.

HALLOWE'EN^[1]

"Yes! let the rich deride, the proud disdain,
The simple pleasures of the lowly train;
To me more dear, congenial to my heart,
One native charm, than all the gloss of art."
Goldsmith.

Upon that night, when Fairies light,
On Cassilis-Downans^[2] dance,
Or owre the lays, in splendid blaze,
On sprightly coursers prance;
Or from Colean the rowte is ta'en,
Beneath the moon's pale beams;
There, up the Cove,^[3] to stray and rove,
Amang the rocks and streams,
To sport that night.

↑ It is thought to be a night, when devils, ⟨witches⟩ and other mischief-making beings, are all abroad ⟨on⟩ their baneful midnight errands; particularly ⟨those⟩ ærial people—the fairies, are said, on that ⟨night⟩, to hold a grand anniversary.
↑ Certain little, romantic, rocky, green hills, in ⟨the⟩ neighbourhood of the ancient seat of the Earls ⟨of⟩ Cassilis.
↑ A noted cavern, near Colean-house, called the ⟨Cove⟩ of Colean; which, as well Cassilis Downans, ⟨is⟩ famed, in country story, for being a favourite ⟨haunt⟩ of fairies.

[1] It is thought to be a night, when devils, ⟨witches⟩ and other mischief-making beings, are all abroad ⟨on⟩ their baneful midnight errands; particularly ⟨those⟩ ærial people—the fairies, are said, on that ⟨night⟩, to hold a grand anniversary.

[2] Certain little, romantic, rocky, green hills, in ⟨the⟩ neighbourhood of the ancient seat of the Earls ⟨of⟩ Cassilis.

[3] A noted cavern, near Colean-house, called the ⟨Cove⟩ of Colean; which, as well Cassilis Downans, ⟨is⟩ famed, in country story, for being a favourite ⟨haunt⟩ of fairies.

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