Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
The Emigrants Farewell
By Thomas Pringle (17891834)O
A long and last adieu!
Farewell to bonny Teviotdale,
And Cheviot mountains blue.
And streams renowned in song;
Farewell, ye braes and blossomed meads,
Our hearts have loved so long.
Where thyme and harebells grow;
Farewell, the hoary, haunted howes,
O’erhung with birk and sloe.
That skirt our native dell,
The martyr’s grave, and lover’s bower,
We bid a sad farewell!
Land of the brave and free!
The sail is flapping on the foam
That bears us far from thee!
Beyond the western main;
We leave thee to return no more,
Nor view thy cliffs again!
A long and last adieu!
Farewell to bonny Teviotdale,
And Scotland’s mountains blue!