PAGE 67 75 THE SAILOR'S WIFE Jauds: probably the same as jade, a familiar term among country folk for a giddy young girl. Muckle: great, big. Shoon: shoes. Slaes: sloes, a black wild plum. Upon the bauk: one version says "into the crib," meaning in the coop. Thraw: twist. Gar ilka thing look braw: make everything look fine. Bigonet: linen cap. Maun: must. Baith: both. Leal: loyal. Caller: fresh. Greet: weep. THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE The Royal George, a British man-of-war, was overset while being repaired, and Rear Admiral Kempenfelt and all on board were drowned. This occurred at Spithead, August 29, 1782. ANNIE LAURIE 84 Gowan: wild daisy. COMING THROUGH THE RYE 85 Gin if. Dinna: do not. Frae: from. HEY, THE DUSTY MILLER 87 Leeze me on the calling: what a fine trade it is! JOHN ANDERSON Brent: high and smooth. Beld: bald. Pow: head. Canty: cheerful. THE WINSOME WEE THING Neist: next. Tine: be lost. Wrack: vexation. Warstle: wrestling. BANNOCKBURN The battle of Bannockburn was fought in 1314; the Scotch, under AFTER BLENHEIM The English and Austrians, under the Duke of Marlborough and in 1704. 134 Bourgeon: bud, sprout. BOAT SONG PAGE 145 153 165 172 177 186 190 PIBROCH OF DONALD DHU This ancient pibroch, or martial song of Clan MacDonald, is thought to refer to the expedition of Donald Balloch, who, in 1431, invaded Lochaber, and, at Inverlochy, with inferior numbers, defeated and put to flight the Earls of Mar and Caithness. THE NIGHT BEFORE WATERLOO The battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815, near the Belgian village of that name; the English, under Wellington, with their Prussian allies, defeating the army of Napoleon. ROBIN HOOD Morris a dance performed with bells, castanets, tambours, etc. GLENARA The tradition is that Maclean of Duart, wishing to be rid of his wife, had her put on a rock in the sea, to be washed off by the waves, and then announced that she was dead, and set the day for the funeral. By some good fortune she was rescued before that day and restored to her father; her relatives, gathered at the mock funeral, avenged her by killing Maclean and throwing his body into the ready-made grave. HOHENLINDEN The battle of Hohenlinden was fought in 1800; the Austrians, under the Archduke John, being defeated by the French and Bavarians, under Moreau. THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET This poem was written in a friendly competition with Keats, whose poem on the same subject is given on page 164. CHARLIE IS MY DARLING Grat: wept. Ilka: every. Owre: over. Leal: loyal. 197 MY AIN COUNTREE Bairnies: children. Tint: lost. Win back: return. PAGE 212 216 220 IVRY Henry of Navarre was the leader of the Huguenot or Protestant party in France, and the battle of Ivry, in 1590, was one of the successes which secured him on the French throne as Henry IV. THE OLD SCOTTISH CAVALIER The Prince: Charles Edward, grandson of James II, and "Pretender" to the English crown, landed on the Scotch coast in 1745. Friends of his cause gathered about him, and at the battle of Preston Pans he routed the English army that was sent against him. But at Culloden, in the next year, he was overwhelmingly defeated, and this event was the end of the active hopes of the party of the "Scottish Cavaliers," who had been devoted to the Stuart family from the time of Charles I's misfortunes. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE Sir John Moore, commanding British forces, repulsed the French at Corunna, Spain, in 1809, but was killed in the action, and buried that night by the English before they embarked. The French built him a tomb at Corunna, with this inscription: JOHN MOORE Leader of the English Armies Slain in Battle : 236 thrums: purring. Spelder'd: stretched out. Disna: does not. Cheep chirp. Waukrife: wakeful. Winna: will not. Glow'rin' staring. Skirlin': screaming. Kenna: know not. In a creel: beside himself. Ruggin': pulling. Lug: ear. Ravellin' a her thrums: confusing her purring, disturbing it. SONG OF MARION'S MEN Marion was a brilliant partisan leader in the American Revolution, whose band of "irregular" fighters, living in the forests and swamps of South Carolina, harassed the British forces operating in that region PAGE 259 266 279 291 307 PEGASUS IN POUND Pegasus a winged horse, said to have sprung from the blood of OLD IRONSIDES This poem was suggested by the proposal to break up the famous old American warship Constitution, called "Old Ironsides," and sell the timber and iron. THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE This charge was made during the battle of Balaklava, in the Crimean War, in 1854, and was the result of the misunderstanding of an order. Hern : heron. THE BROOK CALLICLES' SONG OF APOLLO 357 359 361 Apollo: god of music and leader of the nine muses. QUEEN ALCESTIS AND THE GOD OF LOVE Met: dreamed. Tho: then. Flowrouns: borders of flowers. Lite: little. A' perle: one pearl. Greves: groves, i.e. leaves and branches in the embroidered design. Gilte: golden. Unneathes : scarcely. Gledes : coals. DAME NATURE CROWNS THE LION Compear: appear at court. Cheer : face. Corpse : body. But fear : without fear. Listly : easily. Busteous : rough. Unicorn: a fabulous animal, like a horse, with one horn in the middle of the forehead. TO MISTRESS MARGARET HUSSEY Isiphil : Hypsipyle, queen of Lemnos. Pomander: a perfumed ball to carry in the pocket. LORD RONALD THE GARDENER Weed: dress. Camovine: camomile. Brade: broad. Cute : ankle. Brawn : calf. PAGE 366 GLENLOGIE Maun: must. Gar: make some one. Frae: from. His lane. alone. Gaed ben: went in. Binna: be not. 374 376 378 382 DESCRIPTION OF SPRING Mings: mingles. Springs: revives. WAKE NOW, MY LOVE, AWAKE The Epithalamion, or wedding hymn, from which these two selec- CUPID AND THE BEE Closely secretly. Whereas where. MENAPHON'S ROUNDELAY Ganymede, the beautiful youth who served the gods as cupbearer, seems to have been on companionable terms with the eagle, the favorite bird of Jove, or Jupiter, and sometimes even to have employed him as a messenger. |