Suppressed Stanzas Of “The Vision”（2 / 4）

  with holly crown'd,
  but th' ancient, tuneful, laurell'd nine,
  from classic ground.
  i mourn'd the card that fortune dealt,
  to see where bonie whitefoords dwe<
  but other prospects made me melt,
  that village near;
  there nature, friendship, love, i felt,
  fond-mingling, dear!
  hail! nature's pang, more strong than death!
  warm friendship's glow, like kindling wrath!
  love, dearer than the parting breath
  of dying friend!
  not ev'n with life's wild devious path,
  your force shall end!
  the power that gave the soft alarms
  in blooming whitefoord's rosy charms,
  still threats the tiny, feather'd arms,
  the barbed dart,
  while lovely wilhelmina warms
  the coldest heart.
  after 21st stanza of the text (at “that, to adore”):—
  where lugar leaves his moorland plaid,
  where lately want was idly laid,
  i marked busy, bustling trade,
  in fervid flame,
  beneath a patroness' aid,
  of noble name.
  wild, countless hills i could survey,
  and countless flocks as wild as they; ↑返回顶部↑