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Drummond, George Hay: The Hills of Scotia - ZaunköniG - 16.07.2007 The Hills of Scotia Ye hills of Scotia, by whose winding sides The brawling stream of Esk so swiftly flows On whose wild banks a varied forest grows And the birch vibrates as the current glides, While over your crags the rack incessant glides, Athwart the steeps a moving mantle throws, Or like that pillar vast, majestic goes Which marshalled Israel through Egyptian tides: O take me to your calm retreats again! Even in such scenes, amid your gloom, I find A ray of pensive hope to cheer my mind, That heavenly mercies brighter hours ordain: For see, though storms blacken the vale below, The auspicious bow on high in rich prismatic glow. |