Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Mosgiel Farm | | Mosgiel Farm | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | “THERE!” said a stripling, pointing with meet pride | |
| Towards a low roof with green trees half concealed, | |
| “Is Mosgiel Farm; and that ’s the very field | |
| Where Burns ploughed up the daisy.” Far and wide | |
| A plain below stretched seaward, while, descried | 5 |
| Above sea-clouds, the peaks of Arran rose; | |
| And, by that simple notice, the repose | |
| Of earth, sky, sea, and air was vivified. | |
| Beneath “the random bield of clod or stone,” | |
| Myriads of daisies have shone forth in flower | 10 |
| Near the lark’s nest, and in their natural hour | |
| Have passed away; less happy than the one | |
| That, by the unwilling ploughshare, died to prove | |
| The tender charm of poetry and love. | | | | |
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