[Page torn]thsdale's Welcome to Terreagles -------
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 chuse it:
There's no a heart in a' the Land
But's lighter at the news o't. ----
2
Tho' moon & stars may disappear,
And angry tempests gather;
We wat na when the hour is near
That brings us pleasant weather:
The weary winter-night o' grief
May have a joyfu' morrow;
So dawning day has brought relief,
Fareweel our night o' sorrow.
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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 chuse it:
There's no a heart in a' the Land
But's lighter at the news o't. ----
2
Tho' moon & stars may disappear,
And angry tempests gather;
We wat na when the hour is near
That brings us pleasant weather:
The weary winter-night o' grief
May have a joyfu' morrow;
So dawning day has brought relief,
Fareweel our night o' sorrow.
____________________
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/80
- Alt. number
- 3.6235
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Recipient
- Constable, Lady Winifred Maxwell
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/80
- Alt. number
- 3.6235
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Recipient
- Constable, Lady Winifred Maxwell
Description
Nithsdale's welcome hame. 2 eight-line verses.
Robert Burns wrote this poem for Lady Winifred Maxwell Constable (1736 - 1801) in celebration of her illustrious Jacobite family. William Maxwell, the 5th Earl of Nithsdale, was forced to forfeit his lands and title to the Crown following his involvement in the 1715 Rebellion. Both were restored to his son, the 6th Earl, and subsequently his granddaughter Winifred.
Winifred had married William Haggerston Constable in 1758 and moved back to Scotland to rebuild her ancestral home near Kirkudbright, Terreagles. It was here that Burns visited her several times and was inspired to write this poem for her.
Archive information
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Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs
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- Nithsdale's welcome hame
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