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Addressed to John G. Smith, on reading his Volume of Poems. O bard frae bonnie Eden side, Your sweet an' hamely lays Ha'e waukened thoughts I oanna hide, Sweet thoughts o' bygane days. Frae end to end I've read your beuk, An' memory flowin' free, The smile yet lingers on my cheek, The warm tear in my e'ee. To melt an' thrill the bosom's fe ttAs, Ye've sung some witchiu' wuc, My lips are murmuring now the words — O " Bonnie Mary Lyle." In ilk " farm house," the " beggar man " A Wilcome guest will be, And a' folk bless " wee Mary Ann," And love thy " Rosalie." Fareweel, yere artles9 sangs will cheer The hearts o' auld an' young, .What sounds sac sweet, to Scottish ear, As the auld mither tongue. Au' should ye come to " our toon end," There's hearts baith kind an' leal, That fain wad tak ye by tlie hand An' tell ye a' they feel. ♦
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Southland Times, Issue 556, 7 September 1866, Page 3
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