Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Ayrshire | | Farewell to Ayrshire | | Richard Gall (1776–1801) |
| | | SCENES of woe and scenes of pleasure, | |
| Scenes that former thoughts renew; | |
| Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure, | |
| Now a sad and last adieu! | |
| Bonny Doon, sae sweet at gloamin’, | 5 |
| Fare thee weel before I gang; | |
| Bonny Doon, whare, early roamin’, | |
| First I weaved the rustic sang. | |
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| Bowers, adieu! where love, decoying, | |
| First enthralled this heart o’ mine; | 10 |
| There the saftest sweets enjoying,— | |
| Sweets that memory ne’er shall tine. | |
| Friends sae near my bosom ever, | |
| Ye ha’e rendered moments dear; | |
| But, alas! when forced to sever, | 15 |
| Then the stroke, O how severe! | |
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| Friends, that parting tear reserve it, | |
| Though ’t is doubly dear to me; | |
| Could I think I did deserve it, | |
| How much happier would I be. | 20 |
| Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure, | |
| Scenes that former thoughts renew; | |
| Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure, | |
| Now a sad and last adieu! | | | | |
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