Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Ravenscraig Castle | | Ravenscraig | | William Thom (1798?–1848) |
| | A Ruin on the Banks of Ugie, near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire |
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YON ’s Ravenscraig, wi’ riven ha’, | |
| A thousand winters shook its wa’— | |
| Tired Time let scythe an’ san’glass fa’, | |
| To breathe awhile at Ugie. | |
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| For here, by brake, by burn an’ lea, | 5 |
| Fair Nature freaks sae changefullie! | |
| Now lauchin’ daft, syne greets to see | |
| Yon grim, gray towers at Ugie. | |
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| An’ wha can mark yon dungeon dour, | |
| Unmindfu’ o’ the waesome hour, | 10 |
| When man o’er man, wi’ fiendish power, | |
| Made sick the tremblin’ Ugie. | |
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| Bring ivy wi’ its peacefu’ green, | |
| Gae hide ilk hoar, unhallowed stane; | |
| They maunna bloat yon bonnie een | 15 |
| That watch the gushin’ Ugie. | |
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| For yonder ’s she, in love’s loved dress, | |
| In youth, in truth, in tenderness,— | |
| Sure Heaven lent that bonnie face | |
| To bless the tearfu’ Ugie. | 20 |
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| ’T is sic a face, ’t is sic a mien, | |
| An’ O, sic wylie, witchin’ een, | |
| Gars Time upon his elbow lean, | |
| An’ sich to cross the Ugie. | | | |
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