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 I fall to sleep with dreams of life in some black bothie spent, Coarse poortith’s ware thou changing there to gold of pure content, With barefoot lads and lassies round, and thee the cheery wife, In the braes of old Lochaber a laborious homely life; But I wake—to leave thee, smiling, with the kiss upon the brow, And the peaceful benediction of—!

the dews are earliest falling, When the evening glen is grey, Ere thou lookest, ere thou speakest, My beloved, I depart, and I return to thee;— Return, return, return.

Dost thou watch me while I traverse Haunts of men, beneath the sun,— Dost thou list while I bespeak them With a voice whose cheer is thine? O my brothers! men, my brothers, You are mine, and I am yours; I am yours to cheer and succour, I am yours for hope and aid Lo, my hand to raise and stay you, Lo, my arm to guard and keep, My voice to rouse and warn you, And my heart to warm and calm: My heart to lend the life it owes