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There dwelt a nun in Dryburgh bower	A
Who ne'er beheld the day	B
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Twilight o'er the East is stealing	C
And the sun is in the vale	D
'T is a fitting moment stranger	A
To relate a wondrous tale	D
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'Neath this moss grown rock and hoary	E
We will pause awhile to rest	F
See the drowsy surf no longer	A
Beats against its aged breast	F
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Years ago traditions tell us	G
When rebellion stirred the land	H
And the fiery cross was carried	I
O'er the hills from band to band	H
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And the yeoman at its summons	J
Left his yet unfurrowed field	K
And the leader from his fortress	G
Sallied forth with sword and shield	K
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Where the iron cross is standing	C
On yon rude and crumbling wall	L
Dwelt a chieftain's orphan daughter	A
In her broad ancestral hall	L
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And her faith to one was plighted	K
Lord of fief and domain wide	K
Who ere he went forth undaunted	K
War's disastrous strife to bide	K
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'Mid his armed and mounted vassals	M
Paused before her castle gate	K
While she waved a last adieu	K
From the battlements in state	K
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But when nodding plume and banner	A
Faded from her straining sight	K
And the mists from o'er the mountains	J
Crept like phantoms with the night	K
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Low before the sacred altar	A
At the crucifix she bowed	K
And with fervent supplication	N
To the Holy Mother vowed	K
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That till he returned from battle	O
Scotland's hills and passes o'er	A
Saved by her divine protection	N
She would see the sun no more	P
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In a low and vaulted chapel	O
Where no sunbeam entrance found	K
Many a day was passed in penance	Q
Kneeling on the cold damp ground	K
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Autumn blanched the flowers of Summer	A
And the forest robes grew sere	R
Still in darkness knelt the maiden	N
Pleading Mary Mother hear	S
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Cold blasts through the valleys hurried	K
Dry leaves fluttered on the gale	D
But of him the loved and absent	K
Leaf and tempest told no tale	D
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Still and pale a dreamless slumber	A
Slept he on the battle plain	N
Steed beneath and vassal o'er him	T
Lost amid the hosts of slain	N
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Spring with tranquil breath and fragrant	K
Called the primrose from its grave	U
Woke the low peal of the harebell	D
Bade the purple heather wave	U
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Lilies to the warm light opened	K
Surges sparkling kissed the shore	P
But the chieftain's orphan daughter	A
Saw the sunbeam never more	P
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Suitors sent her hand to purchase	G
Some with wealth and some with fame	V
But the vow was on her spirit	K
And she shrank not from its claim	V
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Yet when starry worlds looked downwards	W
Spirit like from realms on high	X
And the violets in the valleys	Y
Closed in sleep each dewy eye	X
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While the night in wondrous beauty	K
O'er the softened landscape lay	D
She came forth with noiseless footstep	Z
Moving 'mid the shadows gray	D
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Gazing ever towards the summit	K
Where the gleam of scarf and plume	A2
Faded in the hazy distance	Q
Leaving her to prayer and gloom	A2
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Years by her unmarked unnumbered	K
Crossed the dial plate of Time	B2
Then she passed one quiet midnight	K
To the unseen Spirit Clime	B2
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But the twilight has departed	K
And the moon is up on high	X
Stranger pass not in thy journey	K
Yon deserted court yard by	X
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For it is whispered that at evening	C
Oft a misty form is seen	N
In its silent progress casting	C
Not a shadow on the green	N
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'Neath the iron cross that standeth	C2
On the mouldering wall and rude	K
Like a noble thought uplifted	K
In the Past's deep solitude	K

Mary Gardiner Horsford

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