The Yarrow's pensive song.

And when the eve, with calm delight,

Betokens night is nigh,

Beneath the first star's tender light

Is heard the owlet's cry.

While Yarrow's liquid cadence swells

By meadow, moor, and hill,

At morn or noon or eve there dwells

A mournful memory still.

W. CUTHBERTSON.