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OnEarthAsItIs: "He is coming! He is coming! Like a bridegroom from his room, Came the hero from his prison To the scaffold and the doom."
- William Edmondstoune Aytoun
plastic_bio: Fhairshon had a son,Who married Noah's daughter,And nearly spoiled ta Flood,By drinking up the water.Which he would have done,I at least pelieve it,Had the mixture beenOnly half Glenlivet.
- William Edmondstoune Aytoun
BrianSimsPA: “Nowhere beats the heart so kindly as beneath the tartan plaid.”
—William Edmondstoune Aytoun
LittleShopBC: Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers + William Edmondstoune Aytoun + Donohue, Henneberry & Co. + 1890s + Vintage Literature Book
DonaldH11469395: “ Like a brave old Scottish Cavalier, All of the olden time! [ The Old Scottish Cavalier ]”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ Have you heard of Philip Slingsby, Slingsby of the manly chest; How he slew the Snapping Turtle In the regions of the West? [ The Fight with the Snapping Turtle ]”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ The earth is all the home I have, The heavens my wide roof- tree. [ The Wandering Jew ]”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ ‘ He is coming! he is coming!’ Like a bridegroom from his room, Came the hero from his prison To the scaffold and the doom.”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ The grim Geneva ministers With anxious scowl drew near, As you have seen the ravens flock Around the dying deer.”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ But onwards— always onwards, In silence and in gloom, The dreary pageant laboured, Till it reached the house of doom.”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ The master- fiend Argyle!”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ The Marquis gazed a moment, And nothing did he say.”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ Then nail my head on yonder tower— Give every town a limb— And GOD who made shall gather them: I go from you to HIM!”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ Fharshon had a son, Who married Noah’s daughter, And nearly spoiled ta Flood, By trinking up ta water:”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ Which he would have done, I at least pelieve it, Had the mixture peen Only half Glenlivet.”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ Come hither, Evan Cameron! Come, stand beside my knee. [ The Execution of Montrose ]”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ And some that came to scoff at him Now turned aside and wept. [ The Execution of Montrose ]”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ They bore within their breasts the grief That fame can never heal— The deep, unutterable woe Which none save exiles feel. [ The Island of the Scots ]”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ Fhairshon swore a feud Against the clan M’Tavish; Marched into their land To murder and to rafish; For he did resolve To extirpate the vipers, With four- and- twenty men And five- and- thirty pipers. [ The Massacre of the Macpherson ]”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ So, amidst the battle’s thunder, Shot and steel, and scorching flame, In the glory of his manhood Passed the spirit of the Graeme!”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ News of battle!— news of battle! Hark! ‘tis ringing down the street: And the archways and the pavement Bear the clang of hurrying feet. [ Edinburgh after Flodden ]”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ Warder— warder! open quickly! Man— is this a time to wait?”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ On the heights of Killiecrankie Yester- morn our army lay.”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ Like a tempest down the ridges Swept the hurricane of steel, Rose the slogan of Macdonald— Flashed the broadsword of Locheill!”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ Nowhere beats the heart so kindly As beneath the tartan plaid!”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ Sound the fife, and cry the slogan— Let the pibroch shake the air. [ The Burial- march of Dundee ]”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
DonaldH11469395: “ Take away that star and garter— Hide them from my aching sight! Neither king nor prince shall tempt me From my lonely room this night. [ Charles Edward at Versailles on the Anniversary of Culloden ]”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ 1813- 1865 ]
