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SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE ESK: 6, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Leaning upon the time-worn parapet
Last Line: And time is swallowed in eternity!
Alternate Author Name(s): Delta
Subject(s): Esk (river), Scotland; Landscape


LEANING upon the time-worn parapet
Of this old Roman bridge, that to the bay
Of Forth hath seen thee, Esk, gliding away
From age to age, and spans thee gliding yet,—
Before me I behold thy sea-most town,
Yclept in Saxon Chronicles Eske-mouthe,
Its venerable roofs—its spire uncouth—
And Pinkie's field of sorrowful renown.
Scenes of my childhood, manhood, and decline—
Scenes that my sorrows and my joys have known,
Ye saw my birth, and be my dust your own,
When, as these waters mingle with the sea,
To look upon the light no more is mine,
And time is swallowed in eternity!





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