For him no silver cressets shed their light, No eager joy-b… - John Stanyan Bigg

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For him no silver cressets shed their light,
No eager joy-bells sounded through the night From city minster, or from village tower;
No loud "hurrahs," sent from deep-chested men,
Lifted the midnight mist from off the glen
In celebration of his natal hour.

John Stanyan Bigg

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John Stanyan Bigg (1828–1865) was an English poet of the Spasmodic School.

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No royal palace was prepared for him;
No silken courtiers slid from room to room,
Gathering together in the gorgeous gloom
Of purple hangings, drooping rich and dim;

He came, and no man knew it; no man knew
The wondrous boon to Scotland given;
That there—beneath that grim and wintry blue—
A glorious Poet, strong and true,
Had newly dropp'd from heaven!

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