Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
Bonnie Greenlaw
By Hugh Macdonald (18171860)O,
Has stown frae the woodlands their mantles o’ green;
Nae wee bird sings sweetly, nae flower blossoms braw;
A’ nature ’s grown cheerless at bonnie Greenlaw.
Nor the wee droopin’ harebell sae withered and torn;
There ’s a form and a face, there ’s a sweet smile awa’,
That ance gladdened winter at bonnie Greenlaw.
Wi’ laughin’ and daffin’, we pu’d the Law-bloom,
Or scaured the wee lambs o’er the fresh dewy lea,
While jinkin’ in joy round the auld saughen-tree.
We soucht the row’n tree for his berries sae red;
While the short hours o’ gladness gaed smilin’ awa’,
Undimmed by a’ care frae the woods o’ Greenlaw.
The primrose and gowan we ’ll welcome again;
But there ’s ae flower, I ween, we lo’ed better than a’,
That we ’ll ne’er meet again ’mang the woods o’ Greenlaw.