Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
345 . SongFrae the friends and land I love
F
Driv’n by Fortune’s felly spite;
Frae my best belov’d I rove,
Never mair to taste delight:
Never mair maun hope to find
Ease frae toil, relief frae care;
When Remembrance wracks the mind,
Pleasures but unveil despair.
Desert ilka blooming shore, Till the Fates, nae mair severe, Friendship, love, and peace restore, Bring our banished hame again; And ilk loyal, bonie lad Cross the seas, and win his ain.