Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Nith, the River | | The Banks of Nith | | Robert Burns (1759–1796) |
| | | THE THAMES flows proudly to the sea, | |
| Where royal cities stately stand; | |
| But sweeter flows the Nith, to me, | |
| Where Cummins ance had high command. | |
| When shall I see that honored land, | 5 |
| That winding stream I love so dear! | |
| Must wayward fortune’s adverse hand | |
| Forever, ever keep me here? | |
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| How lovely, Nith, thy fruitful vales, | |
| Where spreading hawthorns gaily bloom! | 10 |
| How sweetly wind thy sloping dales, | |
| Where lambkins wanton through the broom! | |
| Though wandering, now, must be my doom, | |
| Far from thy bonny banks and braes, | |
| May there my latest hours consume, | 15 |
| Amang the friends of early days! | | | | |
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