ADIEU! a heart-warm, fond adieu!
Dear brothers of the mystic tie!
Ye favor'd, ye enlighten'd few,
Companions of my social joy!
Though I to foreign lands must hie,
Pursuing Fortune’s slidd'ry ba',
With melting heart, and brimful eye,
I'll mind you still, tho' far awa.

Oft have I met your social Band,
And spent the cheerful, festive night;
Oft, honor'd with supreme command,
Presided o'er the Sons of light:
And, by that Hieroglyphic bright,
Which none but Craftsmen ever saw!
Strong Mem'ry on my heart shall write
Those happy scenes when far awa'!

May Freedom, Harmony and Love
Unite you in the grand Design,
Beneath the Omniscient Eye above,
The glorious ARCHITECT Divine!
That you may keep th' unerring line,
Still rising by the plummet’s law,
Till Order bright, completely shine,
Shall be my Pray'r when far awa'.

And You, farewell! whose merits claim,
(TAB)Justly, thet highest badge to wear!
Heav'n bless your honor'd, noble Name,
To MASONRY and SCOTIA dear!
A last request, permit me here,
When yearly ye assemble a',
One round, I ask it with a tear,
To him, the Bard, that’s far awa'.

Transcribed from a 1927 facsimile of the Kilmarnock edition of 1786. Note that other edition have sometimes altered the spelling of Tarbolton to Torbolton; honor to honour; and Saint James’s to "Saint James'. The Nimmo edition of 1867 titles it "A Farewell to the Brethren of St James’s Lodge, Torbolton."