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White stands the long Kilpatrick row

Of hills with deep and dazzling snow,

And eastward, in a glimmering haze,

Stretch to the Forth the Campsie Braes.

But see! beyond the Clyde, a stain

Of smoke that runs across the plain,

And flecks for miles the vivid gleam:

It is the tireless steed of steam.

An old acquaintance! Ben and Strath

Daily behold his thunderous path,

That ceases not, until he feels

The breeze of Mallaig cool his wheels.

And Memory, fondly gazing back

On many a journey by that track

Of splendour, would, at home, retrace

The charms and lore of every place;

Yea, pass, in thought, to storied Skye,

Where all the glens in glamour lie;

And, lightly scorning gust and spray,

Leap o'er the Minch to Stornoway.

And many a northern beach besides,

Splashed by the foam of racing tides,

Rises in thought: from here to there,

Let Fancy's coinage pay the fare—

Fancy, that wafts us o'er the main

To utmost Thule and home again,

Through mingled din of sea and sky,

Even in the twinkling of an eye.

D. T. H.

Ingleholm, Bridge of Weir, 16th January, 1909.