Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Abbotsford | | Abbotsford | | Horace Smith (1779–1849) |
| | (From Invocation)
NOT only for the Bard of highest worth, | |
| But best of men, | |
| Do I invoke ye, Powers of Heaven and Earth! | |
| O, where and when | |
| Shall we again behold his counterpart,— | 5 |
| Such kindred excellence of head and heart? | |
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| So good and great,—benevolent as wise,— | |
| On his high throne | |
| How meekly hath he borne his faculties! | |
| How finely shown | 10 |
| A model to the irritable race, | |
| Of generous kindness, courtesy, and grace! | | | | |
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