Nugae metricae / by Sir H. Halford, Bart., M.D.

  • Henry Halford
Date:
1839
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Nugae metricae / by Sir H. Halford, Bart., M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Lines written by Langhorn under Mr. Bunbury’s picture of the dead Soldier. [Sir Walter Scott had, once only, an interview with the poet Burns, whom he found wiping his eyes, having just read these lines.] Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden’s plain, Perhaps, that mourner weeps her warrior slain. Bends o’er her bahe, her eyes o’erwhelm’d with dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years — The child of misery baptized in tears. Langhorn.