In the mirk night, when the folks were asleep, I had a tryst in the den to keep. |
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O May, thy morn was ne'er sae sweet as the mirk night of December. |
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Outside the chapel in the weeping mirk a squire held his shield, another his helm, a groom walked his horse. |
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It's a lang, laigh, mirk chalmer, perishin' cauld in winter, an' no very dry even in the tap o' the simmer, for the manse stands near the burn. |
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The English cries of the soldiers were answered in English by the Boers, and slouch hat or helmet dimly seen in the mirk was the only badge of friend or foe. |
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The thickness of mirk is bad enough, but the thickness of white, illimitable ether is worse a thousandfold, for it closes the eye and mazes the wits. |
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