Mythology & Folklore
Thank the Holly-Bush
From Songs from the Waverley Novels (Poetical Works, Oxford 1904)
Mythology & Folklore
THANK the holly-bush
That nods on thy brow ;
Or with this slender rush
I had strangled thee now.
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Codex Note
From The Monastery (1820)
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Scott, Walter. “Thank the Holly-Bush.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/188/.
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Scott, Walter. “Thank the Holly-Bush.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/188/.
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