Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Glenmore | | The Bard’s Incantation | | Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) |
| | | THE FOREST of Glenmore is drear, | |
| It is all of black pine and the dark oak-tree; | |
| And the midnight wind to the mountain deer | |
| Is whistling the forest lullaby; | |
| The moon looks through the drifting storm, | 5 |
| But the troubled lake reflects not her form, | |
| For the waves roll whitening to the land, | |
| And dash against the shelvy strand. | |
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| There is a voice among the trees | |
| That mingles with the groaning oak, | 10 |
| That mingles with the stormy breeze, | |
| And the lake-waves dashing against the rock: | |
| There is a voice within the wood, | |
| The voice of the bard in fitful mood; | |
| His song was louder than the blast, | 15 |
| As the bard of Glenmore through the forest passed. * * * * * | | | | |
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