Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
The Braes of Auchinblae
By George Menzies (17971847)A
As gay the grove, the vale as green;
But, O, the days that we have seen
Are fled, and fled for aye, Mary!
In Fordoun’s green embowering glade,
And marked the moonbeam as it played
On Luther’s bonnie wave, Mary.
With me have slowly passed away,
Far from the braes of Auchinblae,
And far from love and thee, Mary!
It is not mine to linger here;
Yes, we must part,—and, O, I fear,
We meet not here again, Mary!
Our hapless Prince’s fate is sealed,—
Last night to me it was revealed
Sooth as the word of heaven, Mary!
Upon the heights of Galloquhine,
A thousand victims at the shrine
Of tyranny shall bleed, Mary!
I go; but wheresoe’er I roam,
With thee my heart remains at home.
Adieu, adieu for aye, Mary!