Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 4. ABBOTSFORD, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poet's Biography First Line: The calm of evening o'er the dark pine-wood Last Line: The scenes around, with reverential fear! Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Scotland; Tweed (river), England And Scotland | ||||||||
THE calm of evening o'er the dark pine-wood Lay with an aureate glow, as we explored Thy classic precincts, hallow'd Abbotsford! And at thy porch in admiration stood: We felt thou wert the work, th' abode of Him Whose fame hath shed a lustre on our age, The mightiest of the mighty!o'er whose page Thousands shall hang, until Time's eye grow dim; And then we thought, when shall have pass'd away The millions now pursuing life's career, And Scott himself is dust, how, lingering here, Pilgrims from all the lands of earth shall stray Amid thy cherish'd ruins, and survey The scenes around, with reverential fear! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 1. WARK CASTLE by DAVID MACBETH MOIR SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 2. DRYBURGH ABBEY by DAVID MACBETH MOIR SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 3. MELROSE ABBEY by DAVID MACBETH MOIR SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 5. NIDPATH CASTLE by DAVID MACBETH MOIR SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 6. 'THE BUSH ABOON TRAQUAIR' by DAVID MACBETH MOIR OLD BORDER RHYME ABOUT THE RIVERS TWEED AND TILL by UNKNOWN THE RUSTIC LAD'S LAMENT IN THE TOWN by DAVID MACBETH MOIR |
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