| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Tobias George Smollett. 1721–1771 |
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| 464. To Leven Water |
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| PURE stream, in whose transparent wave | |
| My youthful limbs I wont to lave; | |
| No torrents stain thy limpid source, | |
| No rocks impede thy dimpling course | |
| Devolving from thy parent lake | 5 |
| A charming maze thy waters make | |
| By bowers of birch and groves of pine | |
| And edges flower'd with eglantine. | |
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| Still on thy banks so gaily green | |
| May numerous herds and flocks be seen, | 10 |
| And lasses chanting o'er the pail, | |
| And shepherds piping in the dale, | |
| And ancient faith that knows no guile, | |
| And industry embrown'd with toil, | |
| And hearts resolved and hands prepared | 15 |
| The blessings they enjoy to guard. | |
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