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A FAREWELL TO ABBOTSFORD.

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Home of the gifted! fare thee well,
    And a blessing on thee rest;
While the heather waves its purple bell
    O'er moor and mountain crest;
While stream to stream around thee calls,
    And braes with broom are drest,
Glad be the harping in thy halls—
    A blessing on thee rest!

While the high voice from thee sent forth,
    Bids rock and cairn reply,
Wakening the spirits of the North,
    Like a chieftain's gathering cry;