...nation, is spent annually in the northern wilds, the royal emporium for the sportsman. Here in the Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, the roving disciple of the rod wanders up to the head of the river, into the heart of the mountains,...

...having the Minstrel respond in passionate terms with his defense of "my own, my native land" (VI. i): O Caledonia! stern and wild Meet nurse for a poetic...the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand! (VLii) Lines like these certainly provide ample ammunition for critics looking to blame Scott for the...

...the still more familiar opening of the sixth canto in the "Lay"— "Breathes there the man," etc.: " O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of tbe mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That...