ODE TO SCOTLAND.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 813, 1 September 1877, Page 3

ODE TO SCOTLAND.

JMyj <jwh' loved home) fair;Sbolatfd[j '] Thou land of mountains wild, I joy upon thy hills to stand ; ?: That rise like altars piled. to the Deity 1 NFromHnence^S gszs oir Heaven, - And to Tehovah bend the knee, At the calm hour of even. Thy smiling vales, fair Scotland Enkindle al) the thrill, The -wild, emotions,- deep vet bland^ \ That patriots bosoms' fill, # ; 5 Fi>r yon, our Fathers bled and died^ Ye. vallies smiling Jree, ... Well 'may our hearts with secret pride G-lowas we gatfepntheev Thy heath clad mountains, Scotland, Fair freedoms rugged throne, •Whoßß' thousand peaks like pillars stand Cleft, broken, scattered, l«»ne ; Yea freedom there, thy worshipers From peak to peak have trod, While from cliff and dell their vespeas Arose to nature's God. Thy rugged glens, fair Sootland, Bright scenes of grandeur wild. .Where live a stern a fearless band • • A*s ere on freedom smiled. : : V Nurs'd mid the rxountains towering-lone, Their spirits bounding free Do widly cleave to freedoms home, Proud island of the sea, Thy lakes bo glassy, Scotland Embosomed midst onr hills, Which; pour thtir torrents to the strand Fed by ten thousand rills. Well may we love to gaze on thee Thou land of wildest forms, Thou land of heath and towering tree, I . Thou land of floods and storms. Thou lond of heroes, Sootland i -"So gallant and so brave, i Who sternly weild the powerful brand ' ; And spurn the cowards grave. ■ Like lions ye have ever stood _ i Around our ragged home, And bled and died for glen and flood, ; i And blue hills bleak and loce. . '.'l7/! -.VI <)•■/. r.—w •; v .... P Bright gem of ocean Scotland, Like princly diadem thou, I Kaised by a dread Almighty hand, To might and glory now. Still may that might m strength increase, \ That glory never set Till earthly pride and might shall erase, 1 And .man in bliss is met> • Home of my love, fair Scotland, Around thee nil that's bright, And beautiful, and wild, Bnd grand, 1 All that can charm the sight, t Is blended wholly all m thee, My fair my island home, > land. of the mighty and tbe frte > May virtue giard thy tbroue.

A DocBiE.BABJREi.tBD gwiwiiJrc;— The "following story is fold:by •••aSjrlea" in'tho: " Australasian :— A young fellow, whose behaviour m money mattera'in lately was anything bnt' what it ought to { ' bftye been', has not improved much m tlio X dr^rerair norOsa'tlio Murray. He wasiafcely r a|/,Deniliquin, and got iuto. a converstioii' '"atitlie l^otel with o gentleman, of whom 1 he> made some 4nqairy.» about : a diprse v toj, fukeliim.on , his journey ,tp. Haj.. .l)Jte: inquired rof had a. horse .for sa|e,' for which he asked £8, and: tUe.fo.Uovrinn;: colloquy ensued :— Traveller— But. - will! -he curry me.tOtJ.Hoy ? The owner-^Qf <■ course h.s w.UI, ; I have.jold yo'u^o, ol ready.;. {TraveUtlr-r-But ar.e you : quite, sure .? The, f>yf,a.ev-r^fi\\ seem.; to. doubt .m?, . . Yon, give me your- cheque for £8, and I will give yon 'mine for a like amount. When you 'get to Pay, if you don'fc like the hdrse'leave 1 him at — J — 'a stable*, let me know iKdt you hare done co, tear up my cheque^ and I will do the same with ; youra. ■ This was so liberal an, offer that the enterprising traveller closed with it. ).Hti aimed at H»y, andsobtained. , money for the deposited cheque, »nd Kept the horse as well. The cheque he , gave came back to the enlightened seller with the mystic letters N S F,

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