"O Mary, go and call the cattle home, And call the cattle home, And call the cattle home, Across the sands o' Dee; " The western wind was wild and dank wi' foam And all alone we ...

Ayr, gurgling, kissed his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening green; The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar Twined amorous round the raptures scene.

Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those. The bursting tears my heart declare; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr.

Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.

From Stirling Castle we had seen The mazy Forth unravelled; Had trod the banks of Clyde and Tay, And with the Tweed had travelled; And when we came to Clovenford, Then said "my ...

He who does not know his way to the sea should take a river for his guide.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree; Where Alph, the sacred river ran, Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

Now scantier limits the proud arch confine, And scarce are seen the prostrate Nile or Rhine; A small Euphrates thro' the piece is roll'd, And little eagles wave their wings in g ...

Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go.

The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards