Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Edinburgh | | The High Street | | Sir Alexander Boswell (1775–1822) |
| | (From Edinburgh, or the Ancient Royalty)
THERE ’midst the crowd the jingling hoop is driven, | |
| Full many a leg is hit and curse is given. | |
| There on the pavement mystic forms are chalked, | |
| Defaced, renewed, delayed, but never balked. | |
| There romping Miss the rounded slate may drop, | 5 |
| And kick it out with persevering hop. | |
| There in the dirty current of the strand | |
| Boys drop the rival corks with ready hand, | |
| And, wading through the puddle with slow pace, | |
| Watch in solicitude the doubtful race! | 10 | | | |
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