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 BOOK THE SEVENTH.

THE CHURCHYARD AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

CONTINUED

thus from theme to theme the Historian passed,

The words he uttered, and the scene that lay

Before our eyes, awakened in my mind

Vivid remembrance of those long-past hours;

When, in the hollow of some shadowy Vale,

(What time the splendour of the setting sun

Lay beautiful on Snowdon's craggy top,

On Cader Idris, or huge Penmanmaur)

A wandering Youth, I listened with delight

To pastoral melody or warlike air,

Drawn from the chords of the ancient British harp