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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HUGHIE REFUSES TO EMIGRATE, by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON Poem Explanation First Line: Matthie, nae mair! Ye'se gang your lane! Alternate Author Name(s): Haliburton, Hugh | |||
MATTHIE, nae mair! ye'se gang your lane! Tak' my best wishes wi' ye, An' may guid fortun' owre the main An' snugly settled bee ye! I wuss ye weel! the kintra's lairge, An ye're but twa wi' Mary; Ye'll shortly hae the owner's chairge Nae doot o' half a prairie. There's ample room in sic a park To foond a score o' nations, An' flourish like a patriarch Amon' your generations. But me may Scotland's bonnie hills Maintain to utmost auld age, Leadin' my flocks by quiet rills, An' lingerin' thro' the gold age; Untemptit wi' a foreign gain That mak's ye merely laird o't, An' thinkin' Scotland a' min' ain Tho' ownin' ne'er a yaird o't! What hills are like the Ochil hills? There's nane sae green, tho' grander; What rills are like the Ochil rills? Nane, nane on earth that wander! There Spring returns amon' the sleet, Ere Winter's tack be near thro'; There Spring an' Simmer fain wad meet To tarry a' the year thro'! An' there in green Glendevon's shade A grave at last be found me, Wi' daisies growin' at my head An' Devon lingerin' round me! Nae stane disfigurement o' grief Wi' lang narration rise there; A line wad brawly serve, if brief, To tell the lave wha lies there. But ony sculptur'd wecht o' stane Wad only overpow'r me; A shepherd, musin' there his lane, Were meeter bendin' owre me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHITE WINTER - HUGHIE SNAWED UP by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON DAVE (SC. DAPHNIS) by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON SCHULE LADDIE'S LAMENT ON THE LATENESS O' THE SEASON by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON HUGHIE'S ADVICE TO HIS BROTHER JOHN by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON HUGHIE'S INDIGNATION AT THE CONDUCT OF THE ... ELDER by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON HUGHIE'S MONUMENT by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON HUGHIE'S WINTER EXCUSE FOR A DRAM by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON HUGHIE TAKES HIS EASE IN HIS INN by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON MORNING - THE MOUNTAIN FAMILY AT THEIR DEVOTIONS by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON MOUNTAIN LAUREATE by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON |
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