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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WRAITH IN THE MIST, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: On the little green isle of inchkenneth
Last Line: He would wall himself round with a fort.
First Line: On the little green isle of inchkenneth
Last Line: He would wall himself round with a fort.
"Sir, I should build me a fortification, if I came to live here." --BOSWELL'S Johnson.
On the green little isle of Inchkenneth,
Who is it that walks by the shore,
So gay with his Highland blue bonnet,
So brave with his targe and claymore?
His form is the form of a giant,
But his face wears an aspect of pain;
Can this be the Laird of Inchkenneth?
Can this be Sir Allan McLean?
Ah, no! It is only the Rambler,
The Idler, who lives in Bolt Court,
And who says, were he Laird of Inchkenneth,
He would wall himself round with a fort.
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