10 AN ANGLER S RAMBLES 



XXVIII. 



Huge heights that argue deep descents ! 

 Dark dells and gorges hung with rents, 



And by contention serried 

 The pyl& of the winds which roam 

 At autumn-tide, with steps of foam 



And wail of forms unburied ! 



XXIX. 



Toward this source of river life, 

 The angler yearns with spirit-strife 



And sympathies untiring ; 

 Its skies on him rain harmonies, 

 And from the heath float melodies, 



At the soul's strong desiring. 



XXX. 



Upon his inner ear the chime 



Of waters, like some cherish'd rhyme, 



Falls with a power entrancing ; 

 And in its strain the tone recalls 

 Of Love's delighting madrigals 



His life and love enhancing. 



XXXI. 



Resist for aye the tide of change, 



Ye Grampians ! Be the same stern range 



That hush'd our boyhood's prattle ! 

 Keep in this day your ancient place, 

 And nourish still a fiery race 



To lead into the battle ! 



