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title: "Nithsdale’s Welcome Hame"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1791"
location: "Ellisland"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/nithsdales-welcome-hame/"
---

# Nithsdale’s Welcome Hame

## Poem
The noble Maxwells and their powers  
Are coming o’er the border,  
And they’ll gae big Terreagles’ towers  
And set them a’ in order.  
And they declare Terreagles fair,  
For their abode they choose it;  
There’s no a heart in a’ the land  
But’s lighter at the news o’t.

Tho’ stars in skies may disappear,  
And angry tempests gather;  
The happy hour may soon be near  
That brings us pleasant weather:  
The weary night o’ care and grief  
May hae a joyfu’ morrow;  
so dawning day has brought relief,  
Fareweel our night o’ sorrow.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/nithsdales-welcome-hame/