The Cabinet of Modern Art, and Literary Souvenir

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836. Excerpt: ... SONG. BY MISS E. L. MONTAGU. My heart is 'filed wi' deadly stain, An' my hand is red wi' bluid; Scarce daur I kneel by the altar-stane, Or sign the holy rood: His four dead brithers round did glide As I pierced that breast sae true, And their father's wraith stood by my side When his youngest-born I slew. Nane ever knew--nane e'er shall know The deed I daur na name, While yonder crimsoned stream shall flow Around their blasted hame; His sister aft looks ower the brae An' dreams o' his return, An' his mither, in her bitter wae, Sits weeping by the burn. How shall I dry his mither's tear, Or soothe her wae to rest? Or how restore the son sae dear She nursed upon her breast?--Nae mair, as ance, I daur to meet His sister's gentle ee--Nae mair that voice, sae mournfu', greet That was fu' sweet to me! IV. I 'll break this cursed glaive o' mine, And don the sandal'd shoon, An' fauld the blessed, blessed sign My bursting heart aboon; An' I 'll awa to ither lands An' dolefu' penance dree To cleanse frae bluid these guilty hands--Then lay me down and dee. THE DAUGHTER OF ISAAC OF YORK. The figure of Rebecca might indeed have compared with the proudest beauties of England, even though it had been judged by as shrewd a connoisseur as Prince John. Her form was exquisitely symmetrical, and was shown to advantage by a sort of eastern dress, which she wore according to the fashion of the females of her nation. Her turban of yellow silk suited well with the darkness of her complexion. The brilliancy of her eyes, the superb arch of her eyebrows, her well-formed aquiline nose, her teeth as white as pearl, and the profusion of her sable tresses, which, each arranged in its own little spiral of twisted curls, fell down upon as much of a lovely neck and bosom as a simarre of t...