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LOCH CORUISK (SKYE) by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: THE BLEAK AND BARREN MOUNTAINS KEEP
Last Line: THE EAGLE'S SCREAM OR WILD SWAN'S CRY.
Subject(s): SOUND; STORMS; WIND;

The bleak and barren mountains keep
A never-ending gloom around
The lonely loch; the winds resound,
The rains beat down, the tempests sweep,
The days are calm and dark and still, --
No other changes Coruisk fill.

Scarce living sound is heard, save high
The eagle's scream or wild swan's cry.



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