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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON LOCH LEVEN, by CHRISTIAN CARSTAIRS First Line: Scarce a breeze on the lake, with four oars to our boat Last Line: Came quickly, and brought us to shore. Subject(s): Leven (lake), Scotland; Mary, Queen Of Scots (1542-1587); Mary Stuart | |||
SCARCE a breeze on the lake, with four oars to our boat; The landscape no pencil could paint! I thought of her fate, the midst of this scene, When a boar puts us all in a fright. Confusion and terror, my heart beat my breast, Neither castle nor bower could I see; The beautiful Queen who once made her escape Was scarcely so frighted as me. The house -- and the trees -- the town and the spire; The hills -- and the cottages round; The water -- the wind -- and the flight of the birds; Did only my senses confound. No thought was distinct -- or but lost in myself; I prayed -- and our fate did deplore; When Serff, that good saint, from his peaceful retreat Came quickly, and brought us to shore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALAS! POOR QUEEN by MARION ANGUS MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS by HENRY GLASSFORD BELL THE DAUGHTER OF DEBATE by ELIZABETH I THE TRAGIC MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS: 1 by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY LAMENT OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING by ROBERT BURNS QUEEN MARY AT FOTHERINGAY by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR ON THE EXECUTION OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON FAREWELL TO FRANCE by SARAH HAMILTON |
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