Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 344. Song—Nithdale’s Welcome Hame |
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| THE NOBLE Maxwells and their powers | |
| Are coming o’er the border, | |
| And they’ll gae big Terreagles’ towers | |
| And set them a’ in order. | |
| And they declare Terreagles fair, | 5 |
| For their abode they choose it; | |
| There’s no a heart in a’ the land | |
| But’s lighter at the news o’t. | |
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| Tho’ stars in skies may disappear, | |
| And angry tempests gather; | 10 |
| The happy hour may soon be near | |
| That brings us pleasant weather: | |
| The weary night o’ care and grief | |
| May hae a joyfu’ morrow; | |
| so dawning day has brought relief, | 15 |
| Fareweel our night o’ sorrow. | |
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