40 WILD FLOWERS OF SCOTLAND 



ing the hyacinth queen for life. All the spring 

 we shall feel at liberty to pay court to her, lying 

 out among the trembling shadows, changing as the 

 buds open into leaves. Until the shilfa's song 

 begins to lose its early freshness, and the warbler's 

 lay awakens, we shall make the rocky den echo to 

 our tuneful song, " The Blue Bells of Scotland." 



And when at length the woods become faint 

 with heat : then on the breezy moor, or near " the 

 beached margent of the sea," where dance our 

 ringlets to the whistling wind, to the wandering 

 chimes of that other bell we shall finish our song, 



" The Scottish Blue Bells." 



