Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
The Banks of Nith
By Robert Burns (1759–1796)T
Where royal cities stately stand;
But sweeter flows the Nith, to me,
Where Cummins ance had high command.
When shall I see that honored land,
That winding stream I love so dear!
Must wayward fortune’s adverse hand
Forever, ever keep me here?
Where spreading hawthorns gaily bloom!
How sweetly wind thy sloping dales,
Where lambkins wanton through the broom!
Though wandering, now, must be my doom,
Far from thy bonny banks and braes,
May there my latest hours consume,
Amang the friends of early days!