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Nature what heart may here by thee	A
Most truly brave be styled	B
The tender mother's it must be	A
When struggling for her child	B
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A Scottish tale of serious truth	C
Will make the maxim clear	D
I heard it from a shepherd youth	C
As nature's self sincere	D
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On Scotland's wildest loneliest ground	E
The subject of my tale	F
Liv'd where incumbent mountains frown'd	E
High o'er her peaceful vale	F
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The heroine of nature she	A
No vain ambition knew	G
Her bairns and goats she nurs'd with glee	A
To love and labour true	G
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Her hut within the valley stood	H
Where thin grass grew alone	I
No shade had she from lofty wood	H
But much from towering stone	I
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For o'er her vale a mountain's crown	J
In loftiest horror hung	K
A ravenous Eagle half way down	J
Nurs'd her imperial young	K
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Jessy herself so was she call'd	L
Possess'd an eagle's eye	M
And her quick vision unappall'd	L
Had mark'd the nest on high	M
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But of a fearless heart she deem'd	L
The royal bird her friend	L
Nor thought its rage tho' fierce it scream'd	L
Would to her vale descend	L
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With plunder borne thro' distant air	N
She saw it stain the rock	O
Yet trusted it would nobly spare	N
Her little neighbouring flock	O
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Ah Jessy oft the fancied friend	L
Commits a cruel wrong	P
Weak neighbours seldom should depend	L
On kindness from the strong	P
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No manly guard hast thou with thee	A
A savage foe to scare	N
For thy good man far off to sea	A
The distant billows bear	N
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That best of guards thou oft has known	I
But of his aid bereft	L
Two little boys with thee alone	I
Are all thy treasures left	L
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The eldest grew with manly grace	Q
His years yet barely seven	R
A stripling of a sweeter face	Q
Has never gaz'd on Heaven	R
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He was indeed a friend most rare	N
To chear his lonely mother	S
And aid her in her constant care	N
His little baby brother	S
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With these to Jessy much endear'd	L
Whom from the world she hid	L
Three nurslings more she fondly rear'd	L
Two lambkins and a kid	L
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Most tender playmates all the five	T
None stray'd the vale beyond	L
They were the happiest imps alive	T
All of each other fond	L
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And Jessy all with joy survey'd	L
With joy her heart ran o'er	S
When they their little gambols play'd	L
She spinning at her door	U
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But how mischance will intervene	V
This spot of sweet delight	L
One eventide became a scene	V
Of anguish and affright	L
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The elder boy gay Donald chanc'd	L
Far from the door to play	W
Lest now within the vale advanc'd	L
His kid might roam away	W
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The mother sat to watch the vale	F
Nor yet his sport forbid	L
But starts to see the Eagle sail	F
Above the trembling kid	L
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The kid began to quake and cry	M
Not so the braver boy	X
The full winged savage to defy	M
Was his heroic joy	X
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Still nearer sail'd the undaunted bird	L
Its destin'd deed undone	R
And when its ravenous scream she heard	L
The mother join'd her son	R
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Their shouts united and each arm	Y
In bold protection spread	L
Secur'd the kid from real harm	Y
Tho' now with fear half dead	L
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Some furlongs from their cottage sill	Z
Now pass'd this anxious scene	V
There they had left as safe from ill	Z
The sleeping babe serene	V
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The savage bird the kid renounc'd	L
But round the cottage oft	L
Rapid he wheel'd and there he pounc'd	L
And bore the babe aloft	L
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Ah who can now that impulse paint	L
Which fires the mother's breast	L
Nor toil nor danger makes her faint	L
She seeks this Eagle's nest	L
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But first with courage clear tho' warm	A2
As guides the martial shock	O
When British tars prepare to storm	A2
A fortress on a rock	O
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She bids to mark the Eagle's flight	L
Young Donald watch below	B2
While she will mount the craggy height	L
And to his aerie go	B2
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With filial hope her son who knew	G
Her courage and her skill	Z
Watch'd to parental orders true	G
Magnanimously still	Z
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And now his mother out of sight	L
He fixt his piercing eye	M
On crags that blaz'd in solar light	L
Whence eagles us'd to fly	M
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He saw as far as eye may ken	C2
A crag with blood defil'd	L
And entering this aerial den	C2
The Eagle and the child	L
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The boy tho' trusting much in God	L
With generous fear was fill'd	L
Aware that if those crags she trod	L
His mother might be kill'd	L
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His youthful mind was not aware	N
How nature may sustain	D2
Life guarded by maternal care	N
From peril and from pain	D2
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And now he sees or thinks he sees	E2
His heart begins to pant	L
A woman crawling on her knees	E2
Close to the Eagle's haunt	L
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It is thy mother gallant boy	X
Lo up her figure springs	F2
She darts unheard with speechless joy	X
Between the Eagle's wings	F2
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Behold her arms its neck enchain	D2
And clasp her babe below	B2
Th' entangled bird attempts in vain	D2
Its burthen to o'erthrow	N
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Now Heaven defend thee mother bold	L
Thy peril is extreme	G2
Thou'rt dead if thou let go thy hold	L
Scar'd by that savage scream	G2
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And bravely if thou keep it fast	L
What yet may be thy doom	H2
This very hour may be thy last	L
That aerie prove thy tomb	H2
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No No thank Heaven O nobly done	D2
O marvellous attack	I2
I see thee riding in the sun	D2
Upon the Eagle's back	I2
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In vain it buffets with its wings	F2
In vain it wheels around	L
Still screaming in its airy rings	F2
It sinks towards the ground	L
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Run Donald run she has not stirr'd	L
And she is deadly pale	F
She's dead and with the dying bird	L
Descending to the vale	F
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Lo Donald flies She touches earth	J2
O form'd on earth to shine	D2
O mother of unrivall'd worth	J2
And sav'd by aid divine	D2
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She lives unhurt unhurt too lies	K2
The baby in her clasp	L2
And her aerial tyrant dies	K2
Just strangled in her grasp	L2
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What triumph swelled in Donald's breast	L
And o'er his features spread	L
When he his living mother prest	L
And held the Eagle dead	L
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Angels who left your realms of bliss	M2
And on this parent smil'd	L
Guard every mother brave as this	M2
In rescuing her child	L