John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892). The Poetical Works in Four Volumes. 1892.
Poems Subjective and ReminiscentA Memory
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The shroud of flowers and fountains,
I think of thee and summer eves
Among the Northern mountains.
And winds the lake were rude on,
And thou wert singing, Ca’ the Yowes,
The bonny yowes of Cluden!
Our circle narrowed round thee,
And smiles and tears made up the wreath
Wherewith our silence crowned thee;
Of sisters and of brothers;
Ah! whose of all those kindly eyes
Now smile upon another’s?
The waifs of life is flinging;
Oh, nevermore shall heart to heart
Draw nearer for that singing!
And twilight’s fire is gleaming,
I hear the songs of Scotland’s bard
Sound softly through my dreaming!
The glow of summer weather,—
Again I hear thee ca’ the yowes
To Cluden’s hills of heather!