Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
Ravenscraig
By William Thom (1798?1848)Y
A thousand winters shook its wa’—
Tired Time let scythe an’ san’glass fa’,
To breathe awhile at Ugie.
Fair Nature freaks sae changefullie!
Now lauchin’ daft, syne greets to see
Yon grim, gray towers at Ugie.
Unmindfu’ o’ the waesome hour,
When man o’er man, wi’ fiendish power,
Made sick the tremblin’ Ugie.
Gae hide ilk hoar, unhallowed stane;
They maunna bloat yon bonnie een
That watch the gushin’ Ugie.
In youth, in truth, in tenderness,—
Sure Heaven lent that bonnie face
To bless the tearfu’ Ugie.
An’ O, sic wylie, witchin’ een,
Gars Time upon his elbow lean,
An’ sich to cross the Ugie.