“The wind breath'd soft as lover's sigh,
And, oft renew'd, seem'd oft to die,
With breathless pause between,
O who, with speech of war and woes,
Would wish to break the soft repose
Of such enchanting scene!”

Canto IV, stanza 13.
The Lord of the Isles (1815)

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet 1771–1832

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