Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Awe, the River | | To the River Awe | | James Cochrane |
| | | O STREAM, that flows from Awe’s isle-studded lake, | |
| Whose heathery mountains high their summits rear, | |
| How rapid is thy current, and how clear! | |
| And what sweet murmurings thy pure waters make, | |
| As if they were lamenting to forsake | 5 |
| Their granite urn, with precipices sheer | |
| Begirt, from whose high peaks the antlered deer | |
| Look down, and eagles the far echoes wake. | |
| No sluggish streams their turbid tribute bring | |
| To thy pure tide, and all in vain man tries | 10 |
| To stain thy bosom with impurities; | |
| These thou with indignation off dost fling, | |
| Reaching thy goal as pure as at thy source. | |
| Ah, sparkling stream, that such were my own course! | | | | |
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