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".gE SSEE,
TIE FLOWER OF DUMBLANE."

memory.
The sun has gacn down DER the lofty Ben Lo-
mond,
And left the red clouds to preside oer the scene,
While lonely sit in the calm summer cleaning,
And muse on sweet Jessie the Flown % Dunn
blame.
How sweet is the brier will its 8: 'aul'ing bios
SONS,
And sweet is the birk wi its mantle o. green.
But sweeter and iarcr, and dear t. .,,..
Is lovely young JESSIE, the FloN'r o Dunn
She's modest as ony, she's blythe she's bonny,
For guileless simplicity marks her its ain;
And far be the william, Invested o. icelin',
Whad blight in its bloom the fair how'r O.
Dumblane.
Sing on, thou sweet mavis, thy hymn to the CEN
in,
Thou'rt dear to the echoes o. Caldcrwood
Glen,
Sac dear to this bosom, sac artlcss and winnin',
Is lovely young JESSIE, the Flown o Dunn
How lost were my days till met wi my Jessie,
The sports o. the city seemed foolish and vain;
ne'cr saw a nymph | could ca my dear lassie,
Till met WI sweet Jessie, the tiow'r o. Dunn
blame.
L
deur,
Amidst its confusion I'd languisli in pain,
And reckon naehing the height o. its splcndor,
| If wanting sweet JESSIE, the Flown o Dunn
blanc.
| Tie fair object of the above song, was bon
ME lassie in Dumblane. Her family were of
poor extraction, and Jessie herself was content
ed with a peasants lot When Tannahill be-
came acquainted with her, she was in her "tccns,"
| slight, dimpe-cheeked, happy lassie: her hair
yellow colored and luXuriant--her eyes large and
full, overflowing with the voluptuous languor
which is so becoming in young blue eyes with
golden lashes, Tanuahill was struck with her
beauty, and as in all things he was enthusiastic
cal, became forthwith her ardent worshpper.
But her heart was not to be won. Young,
thoughtless, and painting TO know and see the
world, she left her poor amourante 'to con
song to his mistress eye brows,' while she reck-
lessy rambled among the tlowery Dumblanc,
OF an evening sang hig inspired verses to him
with the most Notifying nonchat0ace. This
was u twofold misery TO the sensitive poet, u
creature SO swcctly elegant, so dear to him, so
very lovely and yet, withal so encased in insen-
siblllty, as apparently neither to be conscious of
The beauty oi'the verses trembling on her dulcet
tongue, nor caring for the caresses of her lover.
Twas too much; to mark all this, and feel it
with the feeling of Il poet was the acme of mis-
cry. But the Flower of Dumblanc" was not
that unieclng unimaginatiyc being which Tan
nahll pictured her. She was a creature all
| feeling, all Imagination, although the bard had
not that III his person or manners, to engage her
attention or to arrest her fancy. The young af-
iectons arc not to be controlled. Lovc--all-
mighty lovc-must be free, else it ceases to be
love Tannahl was plain in his person, and I'M
couh in his manners, and fell and expressed dis
content at the cruel disappointment which it had
been his unhappy fate almost invariably to
counter. Jessie on the contrary looked upon the
world as u brilliant spectacle yet to be seen and
enjoyed; a vast paradise full of the beauty of
heaven and ofealth, where men walked forth in
the image of their Creator, invested with his at
tributes, and women trod proudly amidst the
lovely creation, an angel yeneratcd and adored.
ToeXpress dissatisfaction under all these crcum-
stances was, TO her mind, the extravaganza ola
msanthrope, the madness Of real lover of mis-.
cry, and sufficient cause for her not to respect
hin.
Both viewed the world through false mcdi-
UNI, and their deductions, although a; ilncc,
gave color to their minds ana accclr their
fate. Jessie could not comprehend what appear
ed to her the folly Of her f. S'h" -r'i..r'
not his sickly sentiment, and ~ '...."
ever did and do, she scorncd .oohg hover
The bard was driven to despair, and, summoning
left his adored to her youthful alterations Soon
after this period the song Of Jessie, the Flower
! of Dumbane,n together with the music, was
published: it became q public favorite, it was
svng everywhere, in theatres and at partios
world of praise was showurcd upon it from wo-
mans ilattering lips, and men became made to
| know tho adored subject of the lay. In short
period it was discovered Jessie Monteith, the
pretty peasant Of Dumblane, was the favored
From n and hnn
Tors flocked to see her, and her own sex were
| curious and critical Many promising youths
paid their addresses to her, and experienced the
same reception as her first lovcr.--Nevertheles
at last poor Jessie became really enamoured. A
| rakish spark, from Midlothian, adorned with ed
ucation, being of polished manners, and confident
from wealth and superiority of rank, gained her
young affections. She too credulously trusted in
unhallowed professions. The ardor of first love
overcame her better judgment, and abandoning
herself to her love passion. she made an mpru-
dent escape from the protection of her parents.
and soon found herself in elegant apartments
near the city of Edinburg. The song of the ne
elected Tannahill, was to his Jessie both glory
and CURSE while it brought her into notice and
enhanced her beauty, it hid the foundation of
| final destruction.
| Popularity is dangerous elevation, whether the
object of it be peasant or prince; temptations
| crowd around it, and snares are laid on every
hand. "Who would be eminent" said dis
tngushcd child ofpopularity, "ifthey knew the
peril, the madness, and distraction of mind to
| which the creature Of the popular breath is en-
posed!" When the poet heard of the fate of his
| beloved Jessie, his heart almost burst with men-
, tai agony, and working himself into the enthusi-
astc frenzy Of inspiration, poured forth torrent
! of song more glowing and energetic than ever
before dropt in burning accents from his tongue
1t is to be lamented, that, in fit of disgust he
afterwards destroyed those poetic records of his
| passion and his resentment. Ere three years had
revolved their triple cisaht after Jessie left her
fathers home, she was changed woman, her
| paramour had forsaken her. She was destitute
| in her splendid habitation. Her blue eyes look
ed pitifu on all things around her; the oval