AND ANGLING SONGS. 

 VIII. 



Below the corries of the stag, 



In hollows deep o'erhung with crag, 



In meres whose floating lilies 

 Give shelter to the giant trout 

 A gleamy chain whose links stretch out 



From Lairg to Edderachyllis, 



IX. 



Chafing the. base of bold Ben Stack, 

 And onward through the salmon track 



Of the famed Laxford twining ; 

 Coy Laxford ! which the sea-nymphs love 

 And lure into their laughing grove 



With amorous inclining. 



x. 



In Dionard's melancholy strath, 

 Whilom the spell broke on Cape Wrath 



Of demons in commotion, 

 Scaring from its accustom'd haunt 

 The dank and moody cormorant, 



Weird watcher of the ocean ! 



XI. 



Far in the distance, as I sped 

 Whither the wilful river led, 



Willing and strong to follow, 

 Loom'd the grand front of cloud and sea, 

 And moans of conflict, stealthily, 



Crept panting up the hollow. 



