THE LAY OF ST. ANDREW.
r , (From thu ' Mount AlexancW Mail.') \ ■ 'Old Knulund lion-jtn of goud sjt, George, . »,■! - l.'li.it kniijh", ; dt' fame and glory, \Vl)tirte rli'i'dn' of/valor oft are told In liiiri'mtary story. VVliilo xliiiinvonka.'grow, and rivers flow, ' Tliefv 11 iw'ry bunks I'lii'pstiti'ni:, • St. immc iit TSi'inV is»Io its .ehoiotntt bleaaing. • .<v Or e'eti Cohimbd'i? psalters, ' > ~N Jlud banished from lona'a isle. The immolutii.g altar.- 1 , tafc. Andrew's blessings Il*6lll afar ' J Hud' gun'irto yeotlnud's mountains, — *Kejoieiuj; hearts in mirlst of war, ; t' Like dry land fed iy fountuins ! - '.And Scoti/a daughters eivt that hour Had painted limbs and faces, — " "Tlieroi.fter grew like fuireat flower, '■ - ' ■'And'tsijuulled all the gruees. .The moorfowl uoreamed with merry gloe, Among the bushy lieafchor," Doelitnrijt'thuro their home would bo • <■ Mu autumtiVgolden weather I ' < 1 waterfall, , As, darting up thu river, I ■ gave to ) hoir descendants all ' " ' 'An heritage for ever. .' 1 thwtlo. waved o'or..'hi!l;nnd lea, . Ghrand loiriblem of. defiance— Bidding "the noble and the free In strength to put reliance. ' And far o'er?mountain, plain, and sea, ' - '-t- Where'er the eye could wander, ' , Datne Nature,seems rejoiced that nhe , Could ihttke laer work look-grander. ■ '' There ia an'flncient Jeglon rife, .•.''•*l And'sung-in-many a ditty, ,•> ~ „?,{ H.0.w,,0'n the eastern neuk of Fife, Where stands St. Andrew's eity, ;'A'goodly ship'wa's nobly'afeered, l . - 'llio' tossed and tempest driven—'i»And the .good monk Regulus.appear'd ( , from, heaven. _ , ''' tte'brought the Patron's relics safe, * ' the fur-famed steeple -He laid his burden as lie gavo «iiji ; His.bkWiings to,the peoplo. ' , t J-/'And'nye ohloe.tben on battle-field, . Iri'liall; or lovvly dwelling, , " on eacii '-'eo' tish shield, . tJ'-.'.'vThe'tyraut'B power repellwg. '• •««■.<<' "(i 'i ~ ,), ■ f J }{St. Andrew, and our right " has been " "'" ' Old Shetland's boust anrl "honor, 1 " /And while her hills nnd woods are greeen His fuino-shall rtisb upon lier!.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 254, 16 January 1874, Page 4
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288THE LAY OF ST. ANDREW. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 254, 16 January 1874, Page 4
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