The Doom of Devorgoil - 1830 Author:Walter Scott Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: - THE DOOM OF DEVORGOIL. ACT I. SCENE I. The Scene represents a wild and hilly, but not a mountainous Country, in a frontier District of Scotland. Th... more »e flat Scene exhibits the Castle of Devorgoil, decayed, and partly ruinous, situated upon a Lake, and connected with the Land by a Drawbridge, which is lowered. Time—Sunset. Flora enters from the Castle, looks timidly around, then comes forward and speaks. He is not here—those pleasures are not ours Which placid evening brings to all things else. SONG.' 'I lir sun ii|on the lake is low, The wild birds hush their song, The hills have evening's deepest glow, Yet Leonard tarries long. 1 The author thought of omiiting this song, which was, in fact, abridged into one in Queniin Durward, termed County Guy. It seemed, however, necessary to the sense that the original stanzas should be retained here. Now all whom varied toil and care From home and love divide, In the calm sunset may repair Each tb the loved one's side. The noble dame, on turret high, Who waits her gallant knight, Looks to the western beam to spy The flash of armour bright. The village maid, with hand on brow, The level ray to shade, Upon the footpath watches now For Colin's darkening plaid. Now to their mates the wild swans row— By day they swam apart; And to the thicket wanders slow The hind beside the hart. The woodlark at his partner's side Twitters his closing song— All meet whom day and care divide, But Leonard tarries long. [katleen has come out of the Castle while Flora was singing, and speaks when the song is ended. KATLEEN. Ah, my dear coz!—if that your mother's niece May so presume to call your father's daughter,— All these fond things have got some home of comfort To tem...« less