Royal Charlie's now awa,
Safely owre the friendly main;
Mony a heart will break in twa,
Should he ne'er come back again.
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According to Wikipedia this poem was composed by Carolina, Lady Nairne. This is confirmed by Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (11th Ed.) Curiously, none of her verse appears in the O.U Dictionary of Quotations.
....nicely composed....wonder when anonymous penned these poems ★