158 THE QTJEEX OF THE FLOWERS. 



Yet we'll not rob her o' her young to grieve her 



breast, 



And turn her to sighs by the streams o' the West. 

 But we'll soothe the heart, we'll smile with the 



Till the evening disrobes the bright orb of day. 



Then like the sun, we'll retire to rest, 



While Nature still blooms by the streams o 1 the 



West. 



Eothbiiry, June 12, 1872. 

 North of England Advertiser, June 29, 1872. 



0f tjxe 



On reading " The Streams of the West," and " The 

 Banks of the Tyne." 



Let Armstrong, our brother, indulge in his 



dreams 

 Of the wild hills of Wanny, and the clear west- 



ern streams ; 

 Let him boast of the mountains and fells clad 



with bent ; 

 Let him boast of the heath to his heart's full 



content. 



