12 AN ANGLER'S RAMBLES 



XXXVI. 



He contem- Before me, in its brave array, 



plateth the 



Tay and its Expands the royal Strath of Tay 

 sures. With castle crown' d and palace ; 



Emerging through the summer's haze, 

 Magnificent in every phase, 

 Queen of our northern valleys ! 



XXXVII. 



The highway of the salmon rolls, 

 Life-throng'd, below thy heathery knolls 



And resonant with tidings 

 From the far sea a thoroughfare 

 Whose traffic is the rich and rare, 



From Nature's secret hidings. 



XXXVIII. 



In the chaste keeping of thy bed 

 The shining nuggets of the ' redd' 



Await the summer's pleasure, 

 Which coins them into life, and drapes 

 With jewell'd sails their tiny shapes, 



An argosie of treasure ! 



xxxix. 

 He induigeth Musing on thee, springs frozen long 



in a train of .... . ,. r . , . c 



reflections. Burst llltO life With VO1C6 Of SOllg, 



Seal'd memories break their bondage : 

 The strange, resuscitating power 

 Steals o'er me in that rapt'rous hour, 



Below the wavy frondage. 



