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Castle Campbell,

ON THE OCHILS.

The sunlit castle flashed upon our ken,
Topping the trees which crown the steep ravine,
And in an instant all we sought was seen,
We grasped our long day's pleasure there and then —
The secret windings of the shadowy glen,
The awful fissure severed by the sheen
Of steely water, open spaces green,
And heathery vales remote from feet of men.
Imagination in a moment's space
Filled up a gladsome picture to the mind,
Such as revolving hours would slowly trace:
And oh, what peace prophetic we may find
In one brief glimpse of heart-assuring Grace
Which holds, as in a bud, Heaven's joys entwined