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The Earl Of Breadalbane's Ruined Mansion And Family Burial-Place, Near Killin
By William Wordsworth
Well sang the Bard who called the grave, in strains
Thoughtful and sad, the "narrow house." No style
Of fond sepulchral flattery can beguile
Grief of her sting; nor cheat, where he detains
The sleeping dust, stern Death. How reconcile
With truth, or with each other, decked remains
Of a once warm Abode, and that 'new' Pile,
For the departed, built with curious pains
And mausolean pomp? Yet here they stand
Together, 'mid trim walks and artful bowers,
To be looked down upon by ancient hills,
That, for the living and the dead, demand
And prompt a harmony of genuine powers;
Concord that elevates the mind, and stills.
Extra Info:
From Yarrow Revisited, And Other Poems
Composed During A Tour In Scotland And On The English Border, In The Autumn Of 1831.
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