The Emigrant's Farewell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAA CDCE CFCF GAGA HIHI JKJL AAAA| Our native land our native vale | A |
| A long and last adieu | B |
| Farewell to bonny Teviotdale | A |
| And Cheviot mountains blue | A |
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| Farewell ye hills of glorious deeds | C |
| And streams renown'd in sing | D |
| Farewell ye braes and blossom'd meads | C |
| Our hearts have lov'd so long | E |
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| Farewell the blythesome broomy knowes | C |
| Where thyme and harebells grow | F |
| Farewell the hoary haunted howes | C |
| O'erhung with birk and sloe | F |
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| The mossy cave and mouldering tower | G |
| That skirt our native dell | A |
| The martyr's grave and lover's bower | G |
| We bid a sad farewell | A |
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| Home of our love our fathers' home | H |
| Land of the brave and free | I |
| The sail is flapping on the foam | H |
| That bears us far from thee | I |
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| We seek a wild and distant shore | J |
| Beyond the western main | K |
| We leave thee to return no more | J |
| Nor view thy cliffs again | L |
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| Our native land our native vale | A |
| A long and last adieu | A |
| Farewell to bonny Teviotdale | A |
| And Scotland's mountains blue | A |
Thomas Pringle
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