Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
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From this our Scottish land?
"'The sultry breeze of Galilee Creeps through its groves of palm, The olives on the Holy Mount Stand glittering in the calm. "'But 'tis not there that Scotland's heart Shall rest by God's decree, Till the great angel calls the dead To rise from earth and sea! "'Lord James of Douglas, mark my rede That heart shall pass once more In fiery fight against the foe, As it was wont of yore. "'And it shall pass beneath the Cross, And save King Robert's vow, But other hands shall bear it back, Not, James of Douglas, thou!' "Now, by thy knightly faith, I pray, Sir Simon of the Lee-- For truer friend had never man Than thou hast been to me-- "If ne'er upon the Holy Land 'Tis mine in life to tread, Bear thou to Scotland's kindly earth |
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