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Lines written on receiving an anonymous letter from a young lady

from Poems & Lyrics by John Collie (1856) by John Collie (1834-1893)

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Oa ! had I only known thy name , How I thy praise would sing ; A garland of the gayest flowers To deck thy brow I'd bring .

I'd pull the bracken frae the brae , The daisy frae the lea ; And the heather bells o ' Scotland's dales , To weave a wreath for thee .

I'd raise for thee a gaudy bower , In some deep sylvan shade ; I'd chant for thee an artless lay , And roll thee i ' my plaid .

For thou canst boast a noble mind , Unscath'd by wild Ambition ; Oh , would that Scotia's females had But half thy erudition .

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from Poems & Lyrics by John Collie (1856), released May 24, 2022

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fiffdimension Featherston, New Zealand

Outsider music from Aotearoa NZ and beyond, by Dave Edwards and collaborators (from 1856 to 2024).

Spans acoustic & electric noise, rock, folk, spoken word, postpunk, free jazz, gamelan, lo fi, electronica, & ethnomusicology.

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