Where the bold stream, like dragon from the fell,

Came glittering forth, and, gently gliding round

The broom-clad skirts of that fair spot of ground,

Danced down the vale, in wanton mazes bending;

Till finding, where it reached the meadow's bound,

Romantic Teviot on his bright course wending.

It joined the sounding streams—with his blue waters blending.

Behind a lofty wood along the steep

Fenced from the chill north-east this quiet glen:

And green hills, gaily sprinkled o'er with sheep,