Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-03-18
Highland Mary.

! whose beauty of form was onI,
eoualed bv the sweetnoee of her no.
ture and the prrifvt Of her hcart -
,tBurns said of her that sbc was "foi,
and aaectionate and as ouileIess a,
She was Feautigtab The frst tim,
he saw her was during one of hi,
musing walks in the woods of thc
nCastle Of Montgomery ." of which
he wrote:
"ercen b, yopr woods and fair vour sowor,
,rbo5.H Your w, waters a,. never drnmliel
And there tie t' longest 10 gaSH.ns tany W. 'O''
fGy iR%rs mp sesf t9oE y Last f1rSwe'l Hary
sMarv con.nholl eo ,,ro..,. 80
nnre d y oentle and % ;ntoilioant q
IIassie conld moi hn+ bova ,nnav %" o,l
mixers among tho oay Ioddios af tho
nnlonds of scotiand ond Rnrno
tound tbot be had rivola in obnaJ
ance far her love Sbo knou ~
ERprns' ;rron,,lor;t;os oFl;ro tlTo4 ~
-" ''ie "i"i INI9o VI lilVj IiIdI Hc
had Slnned grieVously AGAINST her
own CIV, h,,q eb, -, q, la,
boart hot bor Inyo far ~, ~ ,,,. ,,1' ,,,.a "n
nc that whioh M MI, - a,,oo,.' "I" r"' foai y
and oonollv nonFlant @ +hnt sJro aho lte, Le5
;ren;rad in his bnort s,, froo,;o Ga tLot I',I
wot snnorior tna,u ~ aoIfcG T'o4 ~. - sa ~ 50
anoI rpoa;oa Dni;.'-:,l 3 ln't n: y. 'on W.
-, - p','''ol, ,I'I I''G' 'n5 'hi' H''
p,l9nCco ner la'Ca 10 MN, oetermln-
ea 10 Wea ana lead him IN the path
OF virtue as well as animate him
WIN anamoltlon to DO great things
worthy OF ms genius, which she
was uhoouotedly capable OF appre-
ciatinp, Burns remained lonu
- ~. .
enough III lne highlands TO cOnSum-
mate his engagement with the dear
creature, lie left her, expecting in
a few short months to return and
claim her as his bride. OF the
hours he spent with her, he sung {:
"Thc golden hours, on angel wings,
Fer dear to me as light and life
Wasmy sweet Highland Mary .
Before partino thev EXCHANGED
VOWS of eternal devotion ofthe most
tender kind. They stood with a
running stream between them. and
holding in their hands the Bibles
which they had exchanged. thoy
lifted up water IN their hands and
vowed to remain faithful and true
to 4e.tch-other as long as woods
grew and waters ran. They part
ed-how, is told i'll the following
words OF this sweet, sad song:
wv monte vow, anil locked embrace,
Our parting was tu' tender;
An9 pleo8lng ait TO meetagaln,
we tote ourselves asuhaerF
But meet again they did not
She went her way to Caval to make
preparations for her wedding, and
was soon seized with burning te-
yer which fastened her to an early
grave:
"B@t 8,l Oh fell deaths untimely frost,
It;ap;I ,''p' 'l,' .Iot Io"'i p"1 'sU '"' ,.1
:" |t''u 1t, 'i''v -, pp'no AosVl nes'l0 @
" ~ 49, tVss,, h u'4't q, nc was ~ n'S ,t e"y
" " nieeV @ 'e' "a. AZ Tue in'Itl'so ale"i.
~ ,eoe, ~, sov w., ne,' e n''e' Nc Te"oeu
~ ~ ",n NJ, II ~. ne's !,o ole
onS ,'~u wv ot n1ieu .Io ot y, t'i,9 "Hs
w"t"' i r. .'aos.oii"'e ooeI' Ilu nv olIc
eiel ,, e,'elm'I!S e E1, wa? anlo 10 0r lii"N" ;,
TIn rri 49, So ofno n,a +S l~iu Ionmo rls' wa io, H.
ia9 V,,Ve o 49, uE tooM ,o"to od - - "e
PGC" ~ ~. - 49, w 81
" '''N Ai'>''>'' ~ s''''
81 have sworn by the Heavens to my Mary
nave sworn by the Heavens TO be true!
And sac may the Heavens forget me,
II forget my VOW" .g ~
Jo v,o, faithful Tn b;e VOW and
AA0 ~" i"l'nt"i w us WV an"
this poem OF Highland Mary Is one |
p:1 5t a. Mt
.ost nnom Rnrrs nvor wroto wae
oon,i,oso1 J., tha ,,,on,orv ~ Iorol,, |
Hga,.i, Tlan,nhon i I'll Yaors oftor bor
IioatI, aftdr Rnrne had marr;od
ond no,,,no,,.oJ honsotoonin~ and
baG cbildren obont bimNi,,non an
of Nav ramnhoITs
daoth bo foll into a. Of r,nIan,
.oLoI,. % n.hioh ron,oinod nnon him
all jnv I,ata in Tho avaning hc !
,varJorod ont omonn bis cattle and