Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
Abbotsford
By Horace Smith (1779–1849)(From Invocation)
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But best of men,
Do I invoke ye, Powers of Heaven and Earth!
O, where and when
Shall we again behold his counterpart,—
Such kindred excellence of head and heart?
On his high throne
How meekly hath he borne his faculties!
How finely shown
A model to the irritable race,
Of generous kindness, courtesy, and grace!