Provost Ramsay.—­The like o’ this!  I may weel say, what, in the universal globe, tempted me to be a bachelor! [Exeunt.

XXV.

FAREWELL TO A PLACE ON THE BORDERS.

Lochmaben!  I from thee must part,
  ’Tis destined so to be;
Thy lovely lochs, dear to my heart,
  I never more may see.

The heaven of May is mirror’d clear
  Within thy waters deep;
So shall my soul with loving care
  Thine image ever keep.

I’ve seen Edina’s rocky walls,
  Her palaces and bowers;
I’ve gazed on London’s lofty halls,
  And monumental towers.

In yon green isle towards the west,
  I’ve roamed without control;
And many a wild, romantic coast
  Has charm’d my inmost soul.

But aye to me the sunniest rays
  Have thrown their sweetest gleams
Where Bruce was born, and summer days
  Inspired my youthful dreams.

The water lilies there shall rest,
  And minnows round them play;
The coot shall build her floating nest,
  When I am far away.

But ah! no more thy streams and glens
  Shall bless my sight, Lochmaben;
Farewell, farewell, lochs, woods, and fens—­
  Farewell, farewell, Lochmaben!

GLOSSARY AND GENERAL INDEX.

GLOSSARY.

—­A—­

A’, adj. all.

ABAK, adv. behind.

ABASIT, part. pa. confounded; abashed.

ABBACY, s. an abbey.

ABEE—­to let abee, to let alone; not to meddle with.

ABEECH, ABIEGH, adv. aloof; “at a shy distance;” keep aloof.

ABLE, ABLIS, ABLINS, AIBLINS, adv. perhaps; peradventure.

ABONE, ABOW, ABOON, ABUNE, prep, above.

ABOOT, prep, about.

AE, adj. one; only; single.

AFF, adv. off; away.

AFFCAST, s. a castaway.

AFFCOME, s. the termination of any business.  “I gied him his affcome,” I gave him a down-setting, or offset.

AFEIRD, part. pa. afraid.

AFFHAND, adj. plain; honest; blunt; without premeditation.

AFFLUFF, adv. extempore.

AFORE, prep, before.

AFFPUT, s. pretence for delay.

AFFPUTTING, adj. trifling; delaying.

AFFSIDE, s. offside.

AFT, adv. often.

AFTEN, adv. often.

AFTERHEND, adv. afterwards.

AGAYNE, prep, against.

AGAIT, adv. on the way or road.

AGEE, adv. to one side; ajar; a little open.

AGLEY, A-GLY, adv. off the right line; obliquely; wrong.

AHIND, AHINT, adv. behind.

AIK, s. the oak.