Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Roslin | | From Scotland’s Skaith | | Hector Macneill (1746–1818) |
| | (From The Waes o’ War)
SAFT the southland breeze was blawing, | |
| Sweetly sughed the green aik wood; | |
| Loud the din o’ streams fast fa’ing, | |
| Strack the ear wi’ thundering thud: | |
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| Ewes and lambs on braes ran bleating; | 5 |
| Linties chirped on ilka tree; | |
| Frae the west the sun, near setting, | |
| Flamed on Roslin’s towers sae hie. | |
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| Roslin’s towers and braes sae bonny! | |
| Craigs and water, woods and glen! | 10 |
| Roslin’s banks unpeered by ony, | |
| Save the Muses’ Hawthornden! | |
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| Ilka sound and charm delighting, | |
| Will,—though hardly fit to gang,— | |
| Wandered on through scenes inviting, | 15 |
| Listening to the mavis’ sang. | |
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| Faint at length, the day fast closing, | |
| On a fragrant strawberry steep, | |
| Esk’s sweet stream to rest composing, | |
| Wearied Nature drapt asleep. | 20 | | | |
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