Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.

Ayrshire

Farewell to Ayrshire

By Richard Gall (1776–1801)

SCENES of woe and scenes of pleasure,

Scenes that former thoughts renew;

Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure,

Now a sad and last adieu!

Bonny Doon, sae sweet at gloamin’,

Fare thee weel before I gang;

Bonny Doon, whare, early roamin’,

First I weaved the rustic sang.

Bowers, adieu! where love, decoying,

First enthralled this heart o’ mine;

There the saftest sweets enjoying,—

Sweets that memory ne’er shall tine.

Friends sae near my bosom ever,

Ye ha’e rendered moments dear;

But, alas! when forced to sever,

Then the stroke, O how severe!

Friends, that parting tear reserve it,

Though ’t is doubly dear to me;

Could I think I did deserve it,

How much happier would I be.

Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure,

Scenes that former thoughts renew;

Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure,

Now a sad and last adieu!