| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | Spring on the Ochils | | By James Logie Robertson (‘Hugh Haliburton’) (1846–1922) |
| | | FRA whaur in fragrant wuds ye bide | |
| Secure fra winter care, | |
| Come, gentle Spring, to Ochilside | |
| And Ochil valleys fair. | |
| For sweet as ony pagan spring | 5 |
| Are Devon’s watters clear; | |
| And life wad be a lovely thing | |
| Gif ye were only here. | |
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| She comes! the waffin’ o’ her wings | |
| Wi’ music fills the air; | 10 |
| An’ wintry thochts o’ men an’ things | |
| Vex human hearts nae mair. | |
| On Devon banks wi’ me she strays, | |
| Her poet for the while, | |
| And Ochil brooks and Ochil braes | 15 |
| Grow classic in her smile! | | | | |
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