For Earth’s green face, th’ untainted air of Heaven,

And all the bliss of Nature’s rustic reign.

For not alone our frame imbibes a stain

From fœtid skies; the spirit’s healthy pride

Fades in their gloom—And therefore I complain,

That thou no more through pastoral scenes shouldst glide,

My Wallace’s own stream, and once romantic Clyde!


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ON REVISITING CATHCART.