ON the delightful banks of Mein,

The muse laments in pensive strain;

The nymphs assembl’d on the green,

Of Nelly’s absence all complain.

Our rural swains no joys can find,

But still in pensive silence mourn;

With heads upon the turf reclin’d

They sigh, and wish your swift return.

Oft have they curs’d fair Moffat town,

With all the virtues of the Well;