Nor how old choleric Norman’s cheek became

Flushed at the Campbell and Breadalbane name.

Assigning, heedless of impending harm,

Their stedfast silence to his story’s charm,

He touched a subject perilous to touch—

Saying, “’Midst this well-known vale I wondered much

To lose my way. In boyhood, long ago,

I roamed and loved each pathway of Glencoe;

Trapped leverets, plucked wild berries on its braes,

And fished along its banks long summer days.