Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory | | My Heart ’s in the Highlands | | Robert Burns (1759–1796) |
| | | MY heart ’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here; | |
| My heart ’s in the Highlands a chasing the deer; | |
| Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, | |
| My heart ’s in the Highlands wherever I go. | |
| Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, | 5 |
| The birthplace of valor, the country of worth; | |
| Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, | |
| The hills of the Highlands forever I love. | |
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| Farewell to the mountains high covered with snow; | |
| Farewell to the straths and green valleys below; | 10 |
| Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods; | |
| Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods. | |
| My heart ’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here; | |
| My heart ’s in the Highlands a chasing the deer; | |
| Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, | 15 |
| My heart ’s in the Highlands wherever I go. | | | | |
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