Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN THE SHADOWS: 26, by DAVID GRAY (1838-1861)


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IN THE SHADOWS: 26, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There are three bonnie scottish melodies
Last Line: For lo! A shower of grace is on my cheek.
Subject(s): Scotland


There are three bonnie Scottish melodies,
So native to the music of my soul,
That of its humours they seem prophecies.
The ravishment of Chaucer was less whole,
Less perfect, when the April nightingale
Let itself in upon him. Surely, Lord!
Before whom psaltery and clarichord,
Concentual with saintly song, prevail,
There lurks some subtle sorcery, to Thee
And heaven akin, in each woe-burning air!
Land of the Leal, and Bonnie Bessie Lee,
And Home, Sweet Home, the lilt of love's despair.
Now, in remembrance even, the feeling speak,
For lo! a shower of grace is on my cheek.





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