Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
Fife, an a the Land about It
By Alexander Douglas (17711821)F
Fife, an’ a’ the land about it;
May health an’ peace an’ plenty glad
Fair Fife, an’ a’ the land about it.
Through every grove till echo shout it;
The sweet enchantin’ theme shall be,
Fair Fife, an’ a’ the land about it.
Are clad wi’ corn, a’ wavin’ yellow;
Her flocks an’ herds crown a’ her hills;
Her woods resound wi’ music mellow.
To ane an’ a’ wha like to angle;
The seats o’ mony a laird an’ lord,
Her plains, as stars the sky, bespangle.
Hark! Thrift her wheel an’ loom are usin’;
While to an’ frae each port an’ bay,
See wealthy Commerce briskly cruisin’.
As lilies by her burnies growin’;
An’ ilka swain may here repair,
Whase heart wi’ virt’ous love is glowin’.
Are lightsome, friendly, an’ engagin’;
In war they ’re loyal, bauld, an’ wild
As lions roused an’ fiercely ragin’.
May wark an’ wages aye be plenty;
An’ may the sun to latest days
See Fife an’ a’ her bairnies canty.
Fife, an’ a’ the land about it;
May health an’ peace an’ plenty glad
Fair Fife, an’ a’ the land about it.