FOOTNOTES:
[ [1] The poet invokes the spirit that animated the ancient Scottish minstrels, whose songs were usually accompanied by the music of the harp.
[ [2] Called also the “wizard elm,” because forked twigs from the tree were used as divining rods.
[ [3] A Scotch abbot of the seventh century.
[ [4] The Romans gave the name Caledonia to that part of Scotland north of the Clyde and Forth.
[ [5] St. Monan was a Scotch monk of the fourth century. The rill cannot be identified.
[ [7] For the meaning of technical terms, colloquialisms, and unusual words not to be found in a school dictionary, [see Glossary] at the end of volume.
[ [8] The heath or heather is a small ever-green shrub very common in the Scottish Highlands.