Many persons have attempted to translate these lines into English verse; but it is always extremely difficult to translate poetry from one language to another. We give here two of the best of these translations. The reader can judge, by observing how different they are from each other, how different they must both be from their common original. ADIEU. Farewell to thee, thou pleasant shore, The loved, the cherished home to me Of infant joy, a dream that's o'er, Farewell, dear France! farewell to thee. The sail that wafts me bears away From thee but half my soul alone; Its fellow half will fondly stay, And back to thee has faithful flown. I trust it to thy gentle care; For all that here remains with me Lives but to think of all that's there, To love and to remember thee. The other translation is as follows: ADIEU. Adieu, thou pleasant land of France! The dearest of all lands to me, Where life was like a joyful dance, The joyful dance of infancy. Farewell my childhood's laughing wiles, Farewell the joys of youth's bright day, The bark that takes me from thy smiles, Bears but my meaner half away. The best is thine; my changeless heart Is given, beloved France, to thee; And let it sometimes, though we part, Remind thee, with a sigh, of me. It was on the 19th of August, 1561, that the two galleys arrived at Leith. Leith is a small port on the shore of the Frith of Forth, about two miles from Edinburgh, which is situated somewhat inland. The royal palace, where Mary was to reside, was called the Palace of Holyrood. It was, and is still, a large square building, with an open court in the center, into which there is access for carriages through a large arched passage-way in the center of the principal front of the building. In the rear, but connected with the palace, there was a chapel in Mary's day, though it is now in ruins. The walls still remain, but the roof is gone. The people of Scotland were not expecting Mary so soon. Information was communicated from country to country, in those days, slowly and with great difficulty. Perhaps the time of Mary's departure from France was purposely concealed even from the Scotch, to avoid all possibility that the knowledge of it should get into Elizabeth's possession.