Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
France: Vols. IX–X. 1876–79.
Queen Marys Farewell
By Mary Queen of Scots (15421587)Anonymous translation
F
Best native land!
The cherished strand
That nursed my tender infancy!
The bark that bears me thus away
Bears but the poorer moiety hence;
The nobler half remains with thee,—
I leave it to thy confidence,
But to remind thee still of me!