O’er their proud tops, the breaking tide.

Here solitude and silence reign,

Enhanced—not lost—by rural sounds;

Wild, varied, woodland scenes prevail

Within this deep glen’s winding bounds.

The rude furze clothes each rugged steep,

And trees adorn each upland swell;

Whilst in the warm and sheltered nooks,

A thousand wild-flowers sweetly dwell.

The ash tree waves its feath’ry boughs