10 January 2016

Butterbridge in the Trossachs National Park, Scotland (United Kingdom)

Boon nature scattered, free and wild,
Each plant or flower, the mountain's child.
Here eglantine embalmed the air,
Hawthorn and hazel mingled there;
The primrose pale and violet flower
Found in each cliff a narrow bower;
Foxglove and nightshade, side by side,
Emblems of punishment and pride,
Grouped their dark hues with every stain
The weather-beaten crags retain.

From The lady of the Lake,
poem by Walter Scott about the Trossachs