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Wished the wettracl'ed rain*
has gru tat;:.
*shed the wife her tittle
ones:
AlOne they heard the
dr an -roll
And the MU (At' Sepoy.
gtarts.
But to $QQP4s of he= and
childhood •
The '. .i#hlanc$ ear was
Cruet
As het, mothee's cradle-
crcvnirr. • '
The mountain pipe slag
knew.
l;,ake the march of sound-
less music
Through the yiS Qra of the
seer,
'or e of feeling than. Qi
hearing,
Of the heart thant�f the
car,,
She, knew the droniri$
pibr h,. `
She knew the C,amf betVs.
"Hark!head
Mac Orepr's,,
The grandest c' th m.471 f
Oh, they listened: dumb
and breathless,:
AO they cauS,ht the semis'
at last;.
FaAnk: and fadbeyond this
;os4 and full the piper's
blast!
Thera a f►urst of
thanksgiving,
tiz*glcd wonxa.n's voice
and man's;
"Clod be praised! -- the
march. of l v,eiuek!
The piping of the etat#s!"
Louder, nearer, fierce 4S
V00gtir40c0,,
Sharp and shrill as $words
at strife,
Came the w ilet '
1' Mat;.Gregor's elrr+t.4411,
Stinging: alt the air to live;.
Dot wheu the far-off clus,t-
•
1QI
cloud
to plaided legions! &row*
Full tenderly and blithe-.
somely
The pipes of .rescue blew !
Round the silver domes Q
daucleaauw,
Moslem mosque; : acrd
PaguA shrine,
4reathe4l the air to Britons
cde4t'est,
. Ttau air of Auld Lan&:
Syne.
O'er the 02'001 roll of war-
' drums
Rose 414( SWOOL 4n4 home-
like
um-like strain;,
And the tartan clove then
turban
As: the Qovontee cleaves
the plan
Dear to tht 00r0,14114,
1:041/Or
And plaided,. mountaineer,
To the cottage and the cgs-
tle ,
The piper's song, is dear.
Sweet sounds the Gaelic
pibroch -
O'er mountain, &len, and;
glade;
lautthe sweets of. 411: tusk
Tt10 pipes at I ugknow
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