THE

HIGHLAND CASTLE,

AND THE

LOWLAND COTTAGE.

A Novel.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

BY

ROSALIA ST. CLAIR,

AUTHOR OF THE SON OF O'DONNEL, BLIND BEGGAR, &c. &c.

Like April-morning clouds, that pass,
With varying shadow, o'er the grass,

And imitate, on field and furrow,

Life's chequer'd scene of joy and sorrow.

WALTER SCOTT.

VOL. II.

London:

Printed at the Minerva Press for

A. K. NEWMAN AND CO. LEADENHALL-STREET.

1820.

CYA

-6MAR.945

LIBRARY

THE

HIGHLAND CASTLE

CHAPTER I.

Untimely gone! for ever fled,

The roses of the cheek so red-
The affection warm, the temper mild,
The sweetness that in sorrow smiled.

Alas! the cheek where beauty glowed,
The heart where goodness overflowed,
A clod amid the valley lies,

And" dust to dust!" the mourner cries.

Oh! from thy kindred early torn,
And to thy grave untimely borne !
Vanish'd for ever from my view,

Thou sister of my soul, adieu !

LOGAN.

WHILE the amiable inmates of Fairy Cottage were thus engaged in the active duties of humanity, their more wealthy

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