Latin and Greek verse translations, by C.D. Maclean

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Kegan Paul & Company, 1880 - English poetry - 49 pages
 

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Page 26 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ! Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. My Mary ! dear departed shade ! Where is thy place of blissful rest ? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid ? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast ? The muse of the poet-lover of the Highland Mary owed much of its inspiration to the sex.
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