As once, if not with light Regard
		I read aright that gifted Bard,
		(Him whose School above the rest
		His Loveliest Elfin Queen has belest.)
			Ode on the Poetical Character (lines 1-4)

		The Band, as Fairy Legends say,
		Was wove on that creating Day,
		When He, who call'd Thought to Birth
		Yon tented Sky, this laughing Earth,
			Ode on the Poetical Character (lines 23-28)

		By Fairy Hands their Knell is rung,
		By Forms unseen their Dirge is sung;
			Ode Written in the Year 1746 (lines 7-8)

			
		There must thou wake perforce thy Doric quill,
		  'Tis Fancy's land to which thou sett'st thy feet;
		Where still, 'tis said, the fairy people meet
		  Beneath each birkin shade on mead or hill.
		There each trim lass that skims the milky store
		  To the swart tribes their creamy bowl allots;
		By night they sip it round the cottage-door,
		  While airy minstrels warble jocund notes.
		There evry herd, by sad experience, knows
		  How, wing'd with fate, their elf-shot arrows fly;
		When the sick ewe her summer food foregoes,
		  Or, stretch'd on earth, the heart-smit heifers lie.
			An Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the
				Highlands of Scotland (lines 18-29)	

		Nor e'er of me one hapless thought renew,
		  Where I lie welt'ring on the ozier'd shore,
		Drown'd by the Kaelpie's wrath, nor e'er shall aid thee more!
			An Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the
				Highlands of Scotland (lines 135-137)	

		And see, the Fairy Valleys fade,
		  Dun Night has veil'd the solemn View!
		--Yet once again, Dear parted Shade
		  Meek Nature's Child again adieu!
			An Ode on the Death of Thompson (lines 33-36)

		If e'er I round such Fairy Field,
		Some Pow'r impart the Spear and Shield,
		At which the Wizzard Passions fly,
		By which the Giant Follies die!
			The Manners: An Ode (lines 9-12)

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