Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Tay, the River | | The Tay | | Thomas Smibert (1810–1854) |
| | | FARE thee weel, thou bonnie river, | |
| Rowin’ by my ain Dundee; | |
| Aft in days gane by forever, | |
| Thou hast borne my love and me. | |
| Thou hast heard, in days departed, | 5 |
| Vows that nane could hear but thee; | |
| Now thou seest me broken-hearted,— | |
| Tay, adieu! adieu, Dundee! | |
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| On thy waves a light is fa’in’, | |
| Ruddy as the rose in June; | 10 |
| Some may trow it is the dawin’ | |
| Glinting frae the lift abune: | |
| But I ken thou ’rt only blushing | |
| That a maid so false could be! | |
| Like thy springs my tears are gushing,— | 15 |
| Tay, adieu! adieu, Dundee! | | | | |
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