New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-07-08

HIGHLAND Many Highland Mary was Mary
Campbell, from Campbclltown, in Argyieshire,
and lived in Collsfeld, in the humble situation
OF dairymaid to Colonel Montgomery. She also
lived at oneStime as nursemai1 in the family of
Burns friend and patron, Gavin Hamilton,
where he visited her Mary had gone to the
West Highlands to make arrangements among
her friends for the marriage with the poet, and
her return to Greenock-where it was appointed
they should meet-was seized with fever, of
which She died, few days before Burns even
heard of her illness, This was the cause of their
sudden separation.
Although Mr., Denham travels over some Of
the grounds touched upon by g Heather Jack, =
yet, as he relates Incidents many Of them un-
known to the general reader, we believe it will
repay for the time lost in the perusal Most
people, most people, most reading people"
writes Thomas Denham. 9 are more or less ac-
quanted with the bards two beautiful effusons
- Highland Mary and the address to " Mary
in Heaven Poor Highland Mary was beau
tiful interesting, and innocent young creature
for human loyeliness, goodness and greatness,
Can nestle in the lowly build
As wcels in castle ha
And though brought up in humble circum-
stances, Mary had charms which attracted
many wooers and, says Allen Cunningham :
9 There was not wanting the temptations, etc
to allure But nothing could win her young
affections from the peasant poet-they were be-
trohed Mary was to 20 home to the Western
Highlands to make arrangements for their mar
riage. And their adieu, says Cromeek, an
author, - was performed in striking, moving
way. The lovers stood on opposite sides of n
small brook, face to face they laycd their hands
in the running stream, holding a Bible between
them pronounced their VOWS to he faithful to
each other, and parted never to meet again -
BY way of continuation, Burns own words
are " At the close Of the following autumn, she
crossed the sea to meet me Mt Grcenock, where
sha had scarcely landed, when she was seized
with a malignant fever, that hurried my dear
girl to her grave in few days before | even
could learn of her illness" The Bible they made
use Of on this their final parting, was after
wards in the possession of Mary's sister, in two
volumes, on each of which is inscribed QUOTA
ton from itself in Burns handwriting. On the
hrst, " And ye shall not swear by name falsely
i am the Lord On the second, . Thou shalt
not forswear thyself, but perform unto the Lord
thy Oaths
There is something exceedingly touching in
this phrase of poor Burns existence, and the
pathos and deep feeling evinced in these two
admirable poems can well attest how his sensi-
tive heart must have writhed under the harrow
ing affiiction which wrenched the tenderest.
dearest chords Long songs pail upon the car
and It's customary to abbreyiate them in sing
ing; but cannot see how one link of this sweet
chain can be spared without marrng its beauti-
full symmetry. May God amend the taste that
can mutilate 9 Highland Mary
ELOQUENT ExrRAcr-We copy the following
passage from the new work, 1.-THE Old House
by the River
- Go preach to blocks and stones, We who be-
ilsec that lave is Of tbs olsyl Go preach to tbs
!eEd, 20 vhs asss -. Immortality st tas sfss.
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