And cold must be mine eyes, and heart, and tête,

When, dear Alabama! they turn cold on thee!

A Missouri Maiden’s Farewell to Alabama

Alabama, goodbye! I love thee well! But yet for a while do I leave thee now! Sad, yes, sad thoughts of thee my heart doth swell, And burning recollections throng my brow! For I have wandered through thy flowery woods; Have roamed and read near Tallapoosa’s stream; Have listened to Tallassee’s warring floods, And wooed on Coosa’s side Aurora’s beam.