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I	A
	-
IT was a Highland chieftain's son	B
Gazed sadly from the hill	C
And they saw him shrink from the autumn wind	D
As its blast came keen and chill	C
II	A
	-
His stately mother saw and spoke	E
With the heartless voice of pride	F
''T is well I have a stouter son	B
The border wars to ride '	-
III	A
	-
His jealous brother saw and stood	G
Red hair'd and fierce and tall	H
Muttering low words of fiendish hope	I
To be the lord of all	H
IV	J
	-
But sickly Allan heard them not	K
As he look'd o'er land and lea	L
He was thinking of the sunny climes	M
That lie beyond the sea	L
V	L
	-
He was thinking of the native land	N
Whose breeze he could not bear	O
Whose wild free beauty he must leave	J
To breathe a warmer air	O
VI	J
	-
He was dreaming of his childhood's haunts	P
And his grey hair'd father's praise	Q
And the chance of death which hung so near	R
And darken'd his young days	Q
VII	J
	-
So he turn'd and bade them both farewell	S
With a calm and mournful smile	T
And he spoke of dwelling far away	U
But only for a while	T
VIII	J
	-
And if a pang of bitter grief	J
Shot wildly through his heart	V
No man heard Allan Douglas sigh	J
Nor saw the tear drop start	V
IX	Q
	-
For he left in Scotland none who cared	W
If e'er he should return	X
In castle hall or cottage low	Y
By river or by burn	X
X	Q
	-
Only upon the heather brae	U
His quivering lip he press'd	Z
And clasp'd the senseless birchen tree	L
And strain'd it to his breast	Z
XI	L
	-
Because the human heart is full	A2
Of love that must be given	B
However check'd estranged and chill'd	B2
To something under Heaven	B
XII	L
	-
And these things had been friends to him	C2
Thro' a life of lonely hours	L
The blue lake and the waving birch	D2
And the low broom's scented flowers	L
XIII	L
	-
Twice had the snow been on the hills	L
And twice the soft spring rain	E2
When Allan Douglas bent his way	U
To his native land again	F2
XIV	J
	-
More healthful glow'd his hollow cheek	G2
His step was firm and free	L
And he brought a fair Italian girl	H2
His bonny bride to be	L
XV	J
	-
But darkly sneer'd his brother cold	I2
When he saw that maiden fair	O
'Is a foreign minion come to wed	J2
The Highland chieftain's heir '	-
XVI	J
	-
And darkly gloom'd the mother's brow	K2
As she said 'Am I so old	I2
That a stranger must so soon come here	L2
The castle keys to hold '	-
XVII	J
	-
Then spoke the young Italian girl	H2
With a sweet and modest grace	L
As she lifted upi her soft black eyes	L
And look'd them in the face	L
XVIII	J
	-
'A stranger and an orphan comes	L
To Allan's native land	N
And she needs the mother's welcome smile	T
And the brother's friendly hand	N
XIX	L
	-
'Be thine oh stately lady thine	M2
The rule that thou dost crave	J
For Allan's love is all I earn'd	N2
And all I seek to have	J
XX	L
	-
'And trust me brother tho' my words	L
In foreign accents fall	H
The heart is of no country born	O2
And my heart will love you all '	-
XXI	L
	-
But vain the music of her tongue	P2
Against the hate they bore	Q2
And when a babe her love had bless'd	Z
They hated her the more	Q2
XXII	L
	-
They hated her the more because	L
That babe must be the heir	O
And his dark and lovely eyes at times	L
His mother's look would wear	O
XXIII	L
	-
But lo the keen cold winter came	R2
With many a bitter blast	S2
It pierced thro' sickly Allan's frame	R2
He droop'd and died at last	S2
XXIV	J
	-
Oh mournfully at early morn	O2
That young wife sat and wept	T2
And mournfully when day was done	B
To her widow'd couch she crept	T2
XXV	J
	-
And mournfully at noon she rock'd	U2
The baby on her knee	L
'There is no pity in their hearts	L
My child for thee and me	L
XXVI	J
	-
'There was no pity in their hearts	L
For him who is at rest	Z
How should they feel for his young son	B
Who slumbers at my breast '	-
XXVII	J
	-
The red hair'd brother saw her tears	L
And said 'Nay cease thy moan	V2
Come forth into the morning air	O
And weep no more alone '	-
XXVIII	J
	-
The proud stepmother chid her woe	Y
'Even for thy infant's sake	W2
Go forth into the morning air	O
And sail upon the lake '	-
XXIX	L
	-
There seem'd some feeling for her state	X2
Their words were fair and mild	Y2
Yet she shudder'd as she whisper'd low	Y
'God shield me and my child '	-
XXX	L
	-
'Come ' said dead Allan's brother stern	X
'Why dost thou tremble so	L
'Come ' and with doubt and fear perplex'd	Z2
The lady rose to go	L
XXXI	L
	-
They glided over the glassy lake	W2
'Till its lulling murmur smote	Z2
With a death like omen to and fro'	O
Against the heaving boat	Z2
XXXII	L
	-
And no one spoke that brother still	C
His face averted kept	Z2
And the lady's tears fell fast and free	O
O'er her infant as it slept	Z2
XXXIII	L
	-
The cold faint evening breeze sprang up	A3
And found them floating on	B3
They glided o'er the glassy lake	W2
Till the day's last streak was gone	C3
XXXIV	J
	-
Till the day's last streak had died away	U
From the chill and purple strand	Z2
And a mist was on the water's face	L
And a damp dew on the land	Z2
XXXV	J
	-
Till you could not trace the living hue	D3
Of lip or cheek or eye	J
But the outline of each countenance	L
Drawn dark against the sky	J
XXXVI	J
	-
And all things had a ghastly look	E3
An aspect strange and drear	O
The lady look'd to the distant shore	O
And her heart beat wild with fear	O
XXXVII	J
	-
There is a rock whose jutting height	Z2
Stands frowning o'er that lake	W2
Where the faintest call of the bugle horn	O2
The echo's voice will wake	W2
XXXVIII	J
	-
And there the water lifts no wave	J
To the breeze so fresh and cool	F3
But lies within the dark rock's curve	J
Like a black and gloomy pool	F3
XXXIX	L
	-
Its depth is great a stone thrown in	G3
Hath a dull descending sound	Z2
The plummet hath not there been cast	Z2
Which resting place hath found	Z2
XL	F3
	-
And scatter'd firs and birch trees grow	O
On the summit here and there	O
Lonely and joylessly they wave	J
Like an old man's thin grey hair	O
XLI	F3
	-
But not to nature's hand it owes	L
Its mournfulness alone	V2
For vague tradition gives the spot	Z2
A horror of its own	V2
XLII	F3
	-
The boatman doffs his cap beneath	H3
Its dark o'er hanging shade	Z2
And whispers low its Gaelic name	R2
'THE ROCK OF THF BETRAY'D '	-
XLIII	F3
	-
And when the wind which never curls	L
That pool goes sweeping by	J
Bending the firs and birchen trees	L
With a low and moaning sigh	J
XLIV	J
	-
He'll tell you that the sound which comes	L
So strange and faint and dim	C2
Is only heard at one set hour	O
And call'd 'THE LADY'S HYMN '	-