JACOBITE RELICS.
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BESIDE THE SUIR.1
BY THE REV. WILLIAM HAMILTON DRUMMOND, D.D.
Despondent and sad by the Suir as I strayed,
I met a fair nymph in bright beauty arrayed;
Fair flowing her tresses and radiant her cheek
As the berries ripe bloom, and her looks mild and meek.
Benignant she hailed me, with rev'rence profound,
My bonnet I vailed, and bowed low to the ground;
Emotions of wonder and joy filled my breast,
And, with rapture inspired, thus the nymph I address'd.
