Wi' toddlin' din,
Or foaming, strang, wi' hasty stens,
Frae linn to linn.'[35]
The same appeal forms the burden of his song on the Banks and braes o' bonnie Doon. He leads us where
'In gowany glens the burnie strays,
Or trots by hazelly shaws and braes,
Wi' hawthorns gray.'[36]
He pictures the stream after a rain-storm, when
'Tumbling brown, the burn comes down
And roars frae bank to brae;'[37]