A SERENADE
by: Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
- H! County Guy, the hour is nigh,
- The sun has left the lea;
- The orange-flower perfumes the bower;
- The breeze is on the sea;
- The lark, his lay who thrill'd all day,
- Sits hush'd his partner nigh:
- Breeze, bird, and flower confess the hour,
- But where is County Guy?
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- The village maid steals through the shade
- Her shepherd's suit to hear;
- To Beauty shy, by lattice high,
- Sings high-born cavalier.
- The star of Love, all stars above,
- Now reigns o'er earth and sky,
- And high and low the influence know--
- But where is County Guy?
"A Serenade" is reprinted
from The Golden Treasury. Ed. Francis T. Palgrave. London:
Macmillan, 1875. |
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