Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
Inscription on a Gravestone in the Churchyard of Melrose Abbey
By AnonymousT
Glistering like gold;
The earth goeth to the earth,
Sooner than it wold;
The earth builds on the earth
Castles and towers;
The earth says to the earth,
All shall be ours.