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title: "Thomson’s Edward and Eleanora"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1786"
location: "Mossgiel"
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/thomsons-edward-and-eleanora/"
---

# Thomson’s Edward and Eleanora

## Poem
Farewell, old Scotia’s bleak domains,  
Far dearer than the torrid plains,  
Where rich ananas blow!  
Farewell, a mother’s blessing dear!  
A borther’s sigh! a sister’s tear!  
My Jean’s heart-rending throe!  
Farewell, my Bess! tho’ thou’rt bereft  
Of my paternal care.  
A faithful brother I have left,  
My part in him thou’lt share!  
Adieu, too, to you too,  
My Smith, my bosom frien’;  
When kindly you mind me,  
O then befriend my Jean!

What bursting anguish tears my heart;  
From thee, my Jeany, must I part!  
Thou, weeping, answ’rest—“No!”  
Alas! misfortune stares my face,  
And points to ruin and disgrace,  
I for thy sake must go!  
Thee, Hamilton, and Aiken dear,  
A grateful, warm adieu:  
I, with a much-indebted tear,  
Shall still remember you!  
All hail then, the gale then,  
Wafts me from thee, dear shore!  
It rustles, and whistles  
I’ll never see thee more!

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
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