English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 431. A Serenade |
| | | Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) |
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| AH! 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 trill’d all day, | 5 |
| 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; | 10 |
| 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— | 15 |
| But where is County Guy? | |
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