POEMS
COMPOSED OR SUGGESTED DURING A TOUR IN THE SUMMER OF 1833
XXIII. IN THE FRITH OF CLYDE, AILSA CRAG
POEMS
COMPOSED OR SUGGESTED DURING A TOUR IN THE SUMMER OF 1833
SINCE risen from ocean, ocean to defy, Appeared the crag of Ailsa, ne’er did morn With gleaming lights more gracefully adorn His sides, or wreathe with mist his forehead high: Now, faintly darkening with the sun’s eclipse, Still is he seen, in lone sublimity, Towering above the sea and little ships; For dwarfs the tallest seem while sailing by, Each for her haven; with her freight of Care, Pleasure, or Grief, and Toil that seldom looks 10 Into the secret of to-morrow’s fare; Though poor, yet rich, without the wealth of books, Or aught that watchful Love to Nature owes For her mute Powers, fixed Forms, or transient Shows.