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"False!—yet belov'd—forgiv'n—adieu!"—Her quiv'ring lips no more could say;To happier realms the spirit flew—To realms of everlasting day!
Poor Rosa! in the grave was laid;But frantic Gavin, far and wide,Long, long, a houseless maniac stray'd,Still raving on his murder'd bride.
And she, whose base, detested fraudHad lur'd his erring heart astray,Despis'd, deserted, and abhor'd,In friendless mis'ry pines away.



THE VALLEY OF TOW.[1]
In an isle of the North, where the keen ocean breezeWhistles shrilly and wild o'er the heath-cover'd hills,Where the rude cliffs are wash'd by the merciless seas,Where bleak are the valleys, and scanty the rills;
  1. A beautiful and romantic valley in Conningsburgh, Zetland; the property of A. Duncan, esq.