Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Loch Erroch | | Loch-Erroch Side | | James Tytler (1745–1804) |
| | | AS I cam’ by Loch-Erroch side, | |
| The lofty hills surveying, | |
| The water clear, the heather blooms, | |
| Their fragrance sweet conveying; | |
| I met, unsought, my lovely maid, | 5 |
| I found her like May morning; | |
| With graces sweet, and charms so rare, | |
| Her person all adorning. | |
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| How kind her looks, how blest was I, | |
| While in my arms I prest her! | 10 |
| And she her wishes scarce concealed, | |
| As fondly I caressed her. | |
| She said, “If that your heart be true, | |
| If constantly you ’ll love me, | |
| I heed not care nor fortune’s frowns, | 15 |
| For naught but death shall move me. | |
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| “But faithful, loving, true, and kind, | |
| Forever thou shalt find me; | |
| And of our meeting here so sweet, | |
| Loch-Erroch sweet shall mind me.” | 20 |
| Enraptured then, “My lovely lass,” | |
| I cried, “no more we ’ll tarry! | |
| We ’ll leave the fair Loch-Erroch side, | |
| For lovers soon should marry.” | | | | |
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