School: Taobh Breac (roll number 15227)

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1. The Gray Stone on the Heath (continued)

   

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   5. ‘Twere like in those wanderings at eve he met At the curve of the valley there ‘Mong the heather bells with dew drops wet, A maiden surpassing fair. Whom he loved and brought to his shepherd’s cot, From her home by the brooklet’s side To share his hamlet and fleecy flocks A radiant and happy bride. 6. All else is told by this rock, crowned spot: How the loved one sickened and died How the shepherd bore her away from the cot Up the slope of the Crown hillside And buried her deep ‘mong the startled sheep That, noting their altered mein, Stood watching their masters in huddled groups As though they had strangers been. 7. The shepherd often at evening came To sit and mourn his love And brought his chair ‘Tis the very same That is there on the hill above Near the grave-stone gray: and for many a day He sat in that lonely seat, Till the rock below received the print Of the sorrowing giants feet Finis

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2. Daniel McDonald and the Fairies

   

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   1. Old Daniel McDonald, the fiddler, sat
   At eve on the Fairy Knowes [sic],
   That rise from the smooth green, grassy flat,
   Where the sheep and the cattle browse.
   He was weary and worn, and he sat to think
   And played him a lonely tune
   As the sun in the west was beginning to sink
   Giving place to the rising moon.

   2. ‘Twas a sad, sad tune that he softly played,
   With a slow and solemn measure:
   And the sun on the mountain top delayed
   As loath to forego the pleasure,
   A glorious sight! The western sky
   Was one bright golden glow
   That hollowed the top of the mountain high
   And melted away below.

   3. Till the erstwhile lonely and cold grey earth,
   With its glory was all replete
   From the mountain top where the rays got birth
   To where, near the minstrel’s feet,

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