LAST night, whan silence reign’d o’er a’ the house,
Nae other thing was stirring, but a Mouse,
That sought ilk hole, ilka nook and crannie,
In search it was, to fill its wee wamie,
But naething fand;
Sae into the cheese fa’ it did loup, waes me!
An’ there was hang’d.
Tho’ mony mony a tummil it gied,
To rid itsel’;
But safe it was alake wi’ wire an’ wood,
As in a mill.
Than wee an eldritch squeel it turn’d the trap,
While I wi’ pity felt for its mishap;
An’ never in my life was sae inclin’d,
To free a beast that was of vermin kind.
Than aw was quiet,
But my distemper’d brain, that sleep had fled,
An’ left my thoughts
To roam at large o’er scenes of promis’d joy,
My mind had form’d,
In eary days, whan a’ was calm, serene,
An’ mild within.
Alas how changed! for they are fled for aye,
And in this world they never can return.
(Margaretta Wedderburn)
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