And like a rose, a young white rose, that blooms mid wildest scenes,
Passed she,—the modest, eloquent, and virtuous "Jeanie Deans;"
And "Dumbedikes," that silent laird, with love too deep to smile,
And "Effie," with her noble friend, the good "Duke of Argyle."
With lofty brow, and bearing high, dark "Ravenswood" advanced,
Who on the false "Lord Keeper's" mien with eye indignant glanced;
Whilst graceful as a lonely fawn, 'neath covert close and sure,
Approached the beauty of all hearts—the "Bride of Lammermoor!"
Then "Annot Lyle," the fairy queen of light and song, stepped near,
The "Knight of Ardenvohr," and he, the gifted Hieland Seer: