To the River Tweed. William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850). Tweed, the River. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. 1876-79. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes. Scotland: Vols. VI-VIII

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.

Tweed, the River

To the River Tweed

William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850)


O TWEED! a stranger, that with wandering feet
O’er hill and dale has journeyed many a mile
(If so his weary thoughts he might beguile),
Delighted turns thy beauteous scenes to greet.
The waving branches that romantic bend	5
O’er thy tall banks, a soothing charm bestow;
The murmurs of thy wand’ring wave below
Seem to his ear the pity of a friend.
Delightful stream! though now along thy shore,
When spring returns in all her wonted pride,	10
The shepherd’s distant pipe is heard no more,
Yet here with pensive peace could I abide,
Far from the stormy world’s tumultuous roar,
To muse upon thy banks at eventide.