ERRATA AND EMENDATIONS. Page 13. line 6. from bottom, for "Guest" read "quest." Page 47. last two lines, read thus: "Became, as nearer to the Coast she drew, More glorious, with spread sail and streaming pendant." YARROW REVISITED, AND OTHER POEMS, COMPOSED (TWO EXCEPTED) DURING A TOUR IN SCOTLAND, AND ON THE ENGLISH BORDER, IN THE AUTUMN. OF 1831. B YARROW REVISITED. [The following Stanzas are a memorial of a day passed with Sir Walter Scott, and other Friends visiting the Banks of the Yarrow under his guidance, immediately before his departure from Abbotsford, for Naples. The title Yarrow Revisited will stand in no need of explanation, for Readers acquainted with the Author's previous poems suggested by that celebrated Stream.] THE gallant Youth, who may have gained, Was but an Infant in the lap When first I looked on Yarrow; Once more, by Newark's Castle-gate Long left without a Warder, I stood, looked, listened, and with Thee, Grave thoughts ruled wide on that sweet day, Their dignity installing In gentle bosoms, while sere leaves Were on the bough, or falling; But breezes played, and sunshine gleamed The forest to embolden; Reddened the fiery hues, and shot Transparence through the golden. For busy thoughts the Stream flowed on And slept in many a crystal pool For quiet contemplation: No public and no private care The freeborn mind enthralling, We made a day of happy hours, Our happy days recalling. Brisk Youth appeared, the Morn of youth, With freaks of graceful folly,— Life's temperate Noon, her sober Eve, Her Night not melancholy, Past, present, future, all appeared In harmony united, Like guests that meet, and some from far, By cordial love invited. |