| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | Loch Erroch Side | | By 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 nought but death shall move me. | |
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| ‘But faithful, loving, true, and kind | |
| For ever shalt thou 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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