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THE NEW ENGLAND EMIGRANT'S FAREWELL, by                    
First Line: New england, farewell! With thy evergreen mountains
Last Line: As I bid thee a long and a lasting adieu.
Subject(s): Farewell; Immigrants; New England; Parting; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration


New England, farewell! with thy evergreen mountains,
Thy deep shaded forests, thy hill and thy dell,
Thy beautiful cascades, thy pure gushing fountains,
I bid you forever, forever farewell.

'Twas the spot of my youth, of my life's early dawning,
Where joyous I sported in Fancy's bright ray,
When she shone on my soul like the beams of the morning
And beguiled my young life in sweet vision away.

It was here that the ties of young friendship first bound me
When my springing affections all ardently glowed;
And here with my youthful companions around me
I asked but the pleasures which friendship bestowed.

Though distant I wander, I still must regret thee—
Regret thy wild scenes, as far onward I roam,
And cold be my bosom before I forget thee,
Before I forget the enchantments of home.

And with pride thy remembrance shall e'er be attended,
For I still shall respect, though I view them no more,
Those regions where science with virtue is blended,
Those mountains which cradled young Freedom of yore.

My Country, I leave thee! but Fancy, illusive,
With me to thy land will full often repair,
To view thy green hills and thy valleys profusive—
To linger delighted o'er scenes recalled there.

New England, farewell! o'er my dim eye is stealing,
As it rests on thy mountains fast fading from view,
The tear that is wakened by anguish of feeling
As I bid thee a long and a lasting adieu.





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