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And Angus said, if one year more

In fruitless hope was pass'd away,

His fondest scruples should be o'er,

And he would name their nuptial day.

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Slow roll'd the moons, but blest at last

Arriv'd the dearly destin'd morn:

The year of anxious trembling past,

What smiles the lovers' cheeks adorn!

44.

Hark to the Pibroch's pleasing note!

Hark to the swelling nuptial song!

In joyous strains the voices float,

And, still, the choral peal prolong.

45.

Again the clan, in festive crowd,

Throng through the gate of Alva's hall;

The sounds of mirth re-echo loud,

And all their former joy recall.

46.

But who is he, whose darken'd brow

Glooms in the midst of general mirth?

Before his eyes' far fiercer glow

The blue flames curdle o'er the hearth.