Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Ross Dhu | | To Ross Dhu | | James Cochrane |
| | | OFT when a stripling thy sequestered coves, | |
| Ross Dhu! have I stole into with my shallop, | |
| And, dashing quickly on, put to the gallop | |
| The browsing kine within thy oaken groves; | |
| My feelings much akin to his who roves | 5 |
| Some new-discovered isle, at every sound, | |
| Real or imagined, starting, as behoves | |
| The boy who ventures on forbidden ground. | |
| Unchallenged now I pass, but feel no more | |
| Those exquisite delights I felt of yore, | 10 |
| When foresters and keepers in my sight | |
| Were very satyrs, whom I sought to fly, | |
| Yet wished to see; for danger is delight, | |
| And fear is one great element of joy! | | | | |
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