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Yet frae the russet lap the spindle plays;

Her e'enin stent' reels she as weel's the lave2.
On some feast-day, the wee things buskit braw,
Shall heese her heart up wi' a silent joy,
Fu' cadgie that her head was up an' saw
Her ain spun cleedin' on a darlin' oy3;

Careless though death shou'd mak the feast her foy*.

In its auld lerroch5 yet the deas remains,

Where the gudeman aft streeks him at his ease; A warm and canny lean for weary banes O' labourers doylt upo' the wintry leas. Round him will baudrins an' the collie come, Το wag their tail, and cast a thankfu' ee, To him wha kindly flings them mony a crum O'kebbuck whang'd, an' dainty fadge 10 to prie "; This a' the boon they crave, an' a' the fee.

Frae him the lads their mornin' counsel tak:
What stacks he wants to thrash; what rigs to till;
How big a birn 12 maun lie on bassie's 13 back,

For meal an' mu'ter1 to the thirlin' mill.

Niest, the gudewife her hirelin' damsels bids Glowr through the byre, an' see the hawkies" bound;

Task. -2 The rest.-3 Grandchild.-4 Her farewell entertainment. 5 Corner.—6 Bench.-7 Stretches.-8 The cat.-9 Young cheese. 10 Loaf. To taste.-12 Burthen.-13 The horse.— 14 The miller's perquisite.-15 Cows.

Tak tent, case Crummy tak her wonted tids',

An' ca' the laiglen's treasure on the ground;
Whilk spills a kebbuck nice, or yellow pound.

Then a' the house for sleep begin to green3,

Their joins to slack frae industry a while; The leaden god fa's heavy on their een,

An' hafflins steeks them frae their daily toil: The cruizy, too, can only blink and bleer;

The restit ingle 's done the maist it dow;
Tacksman an' cottar eke to bed maun steer,

Upo' the cod3 to clear their drumly pow6,
Till wauken'd by the dawnin's ruddy glow.

Peace to the husbandman, an' a' his tribe,

Whase care fells a' our wants frae year to year! Lang may his sock' and cou❜ter turn the gleyb®, An' banks o' corn bend down wi' laded ear!

May Scotia's simmers ay look gay an' green; Her yellow ha'rsts frae scowry blasts decreed! May a' her tenants sit fu' snug an' bieno,

Frae the hard grip o' ails, and poortith freed; An'a lang lasting train o' peacefu' hours succeed!

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1 Fits. The milk-pail.-3 To long. The lamp. Pillow.— Thick heads,-7 Ploughshare.-8 Soil.-9 Comfortable.

THOMAS SCOTT.

BORN 17-. DIED 17-.

FROM LYRIC POEMS, DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL. LONDON,

1773.

GOVERNMENT OF THE MIND.

IMPERIAL Reason, hold thy throne,
Conscience to censure and approve
Belongs to thee. Ye Passions, own
Subjection, and in order move.

Enchanting order! Peace how sweet!
Delicious harmony within;

Blest self-command, thy power I greet,
Ah! when shall I such empire win!

The hero's laurel fades; the fame

For boundless science is but wind;
And Samson's strength a brutal name,
Without dominion of the mind.

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PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE,

EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.

BORN 1694.-DIED 1773.

ON NASH'S PICTURE AT FULL LENGTH

BETWEEN THE BUSTS OF SIR I. NEWTON AND MR. POPE,
AT BATH.

THE old Egyptians hid their wit
In hieroglyphic dress,

To give men pains in search of it,
And please themselves with guess.

Moderns, to hit the self-same path,
And exercise their parts,
Place figures in a room at Bath-
Forgive them, God of Arts!

Newton, if I can judge aright,
All wisdom does express;
His knowledge gives mankind delight,
Adds to their happiness.

Pope is the emblem of true wit,

The sunshine of the mind;

Read o'er his works in search of it,

You'll endless pleasure find.

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Nash represents man in the mass,
Made up of wrong and right;
Sometimes a knave, sometimes an ass,
Now blunt, and now polite.

The picture plac'd the busts between
Adds to the thought much strength;
Wisdom and Wit are little seen,
But Folly's at full length.

OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

BORN 1728.-DIED 1774.

OLIVER GOLDSMITH was born at a place called Pallas, in the parish of Ferney, and county of Longford, in Ireland. His father held the living of Kilkenny West, in the county of Westmeath. There was a tradition in the family, that they were descended from Juan Romeiro, a Spanish gentleman, who had settled in Ireland, in the sixteenth century, and had married a woman, whose name of Goldsmith was adopted by their descendants. Oliver was instructed in reading and writing by a schoolmaster in his father's parish, who had been a quarter-master in the wars of Queen Anne; and who, being fond of relating his adventures, is supposed to have communicated to the young mind of his pupil the romantic and wandering disposition which shewed

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