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Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare his "Highland Mary!"

John Greenleaf Whittier
Time, Epic, Giving
John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.187
Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So Bonnie Doon but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare his Highland Mary!