The scatter'd coveys meet secure,

While here I wander, prest with care,

Along the lonely banks of Ayr.

The Autumn mourns her ripening corn

By early Winter's ravage torn;

Across her placid azure sky,

She sees the scowling tempest fly:

Chill runs my blood to hear it rave,

I think upon the stormy wave,

Where many a danger I must dare,