Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Staffa, the Island | | Lines Addressed to Ranald Macdonald, Esq., of Staffa | | Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) |
| | | STAFFA, sprung from high Macdonald, | |
| Worthy branch of old Clan-Ranald! | |
| Staffa! king of all kind fellows! | |
| Well befall thy hills and valleys, | |
| Lakes and inlets, deeps and shallows,— | 5 |
| Cliffs of darkness, caves of wonder, | |
| Echoing the Atlantic thunder; | |
| Mountains which the gray mist covers, | |
| Where the chieftain spirit hovers, | |
| Pausing while his pinions quiver, | 10 |
| Stretched to quit our land forever! | |
| Each kind influence reign above thee! | |
| Warmer heart, ’twixt this and Staffa | |
| Beats not, than in heart of Staffa! | | | | |
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