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SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 3. MELROSE ABBEY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Summer was on thee - the meridian light
Last Line: And douglas sleeps with evers, side by side!
Alternate Author Name(s): Delta
Subject(s): Melrose Monastery, Scotland; Tweed (river), England And Scotland


SUMMER was on thee—the meridian light,
And, as we wander'd through thy column'd aisles,
Deck'd all thy hoar magnificence with smiles,
Making the rugged soft, the gloomy bright.
Nor was reflection from us far apart,
As clomb our steps thy lone and lofty stair,
Till, gain'd the summit, tick'd in silent air
Thine ancient clock, as 'twere thy throbbing heart.
Monastic grandeur and baronial pride
Subdued—the former half, the latter quite,
Pile of king David! to thine altar's site,
Full many a footstep guides, and long shall guide;
Where they repose, who met not, save in fight—
And Douglas sleeps with Evers, side by side!





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