The HIGHLANDS of SCOTLAND. 69 



IV. 



'Tis thine to fing, how framing hideous fpells 



In SKY'S lone ifle the gifted wizzard " fits *," 

 ' Waiting in" wintry cave " his wayward fits f ;" 



Or in the depth : of UIST'S dark forefts dwells : 

 How they, whofe fight fuch dreary dreams engrofs, 



With their own vifions oft aftonifti'd droop, 

 When o'er the wat'ry ftrath or quaggy mofs 



They fee the gliding ghofts unbodied troop. 

 Or if in fports, or on the feftive green, 



Their " piercing || " glance fome fated youth defcry, 

 Who, now perhaps in lufty vigour feen 



And rofy health, {hall foon lamented die. 

 For them the viewlefs forms of air obey 



Their bidding heed * *, and at their beck repair. 

 They know what fpirit brews the ftormful day, 



And heartlefs, oft like moody madnefs ftare 

 To fee the phantom train their fecret work prepare* 



V. 



1 1 " OR on fome bellying rock that fhades the deep, 



" They view the lurid figns that crofs the fky, 

 " Where, in the weft, the brooding tempefts lie, 



1 And hear their firft, faint, milling pennons fweep. 

 ! Or in the arched cave, where deep and dark 



The broad, unbroken billows heave and fwell, 



" lit 



* COLLINS had written, feer. 



J- COLLINS had written, Lodg'd in the wintry cave with and had left the line" im- 



perfed : Altered and the chafin fupplied by Dr CARLYLE. 

 J Firft written, gloom. 

 \ Firft written, afflitted. 

 || A blank in the manufcript. The word piercing fupplied by Dr CARLYLE. 



* * Firft written, mar}. 



t f A leaf of the manufcript, containing the fifth ftanza, and one half of the fixth, is 

 here loft. The chafm is fupplied by Mr MACKENZIE. 



