Works Author:Robert Fergusson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE RIVERS OF SCOTLAND, AN ODE. Set to Music by Mr Collett. O'er Scotia's parched land the Naiads flew, From towering hills explor'd her shelter'd vales... more », Caus'd Forth in wild meanders please the view, And lift her waters to the zephyrs gales; Where the glad swain surveys his fertile fields, And reaps the plenty which his harvest yields. Here did these lovely nymphs, unseen, Oft wander by the river's side, And oft unbind their tresses green, To bathe them in the fluid tide ; Then to the shady grottos would retire, And sweetly echo to the warbling choir; Or to the rushing waters tune their shells, To call up Echo from the woods, Or from the rocks or crystal floods, Or from surrounding banks, or hills, or dales. Chorus. Or to the rushing waters tune their shells, To call up Echo from the woods, Or from the rocks or crystal floods, Or from surrounding banks, or hills, or dales. Whenthecoolfountains first their springs forsook, Murmuring smoothly to the azure main, Exulting Neptune then his trident shook, And wav'd his waters gently to the plain. The friendly Tritons on his chariot borne, With cheeks dilated, blew the hollow-sounding horn. Now Lothian and Fifan shores, Resounding to the Mermaid's song, Gladly emit their limpid stores, And bid them smoothly sail along To Neptune's empire, and with him to roll Round the revolving sphere from pole to pole, To guard Britannia from her envious foes ; To view her angry vengeance hurl'd In awful thunder round the world, And trembling nations bending to her blows. CHORUS. To guard Britannia from her envious foes; To view her angry vengeance hurl'd In awful thunder round the world, And trembling nations bending to her blows. High towering on the zep...« less