Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Crockston (Crookston, Cruxtoun) | | Through Crockston Castle’s Lanely Wa’s | | Robert Tannahill (1774–1810) |
| | | THROUGH Crockston Castle’s lanely wa’s | |
| The wintry wind howls wild and dreary; | |
| Though mirk the cheerless e’ening fa’s, | |
| Yet I ha’e vowed to meet my Mary. | |
| Yes, Mary, though the winds should rave | 5 |
| Wi’ jealous spite to keep me frae thee, | |
| The darkest stormy night I ’d brave, | |
| For ae sweet secret moment wi’ thee. | |
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| Loud o’er Cardonald’s rocky steep | |
| Rude Cartha pours in boundless measure; | 10 |
| But I will ford the whirling deep, | |
| That roars between me and my treasure. | |
| Yes, Mary, though the torrent rave, | |
| Wi’ jealous spite, to keep me frae thee, | |
| Its deepest flood I ’d bauldly brave, | 15 |
| For ae sweet secret moment wi’ thee. | |
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| The watch-dog’s howling loads the blast, | |
| And makes the nightly wanderer eerie; | |
| But when the lonesome way is past, | |
| I ’ll to this bosom clasp my Mary! | 20 |
| Yes, Mary, though stern winter rave, | |
| With a’ his storms, to keep me frae thee, | |
| The wildest dreary night I ’d brave, | |
| For ae sweet secret moment wi’ thee. | | | | |
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