The Midges dance aboon the burn;
  The dews begin to fa’;
The pairtricks down the rushy holm
  Set up their e’ening ca’.
Now loud and clear the blackbird’s sang
  Rings through the briery shaw,
While, flitting gay, the swallows play
  Around the castle wa’.

Beneath the golden gloamin’ sky
  The mavis mends her lay;...