O wad fome Pow'r the giftie gie us To fee ourselves as others fee us!

It wad frae monie a blunder free us

And foolish notion:

What airs in drefs an' gait wad lea'e us,

And ev'n Devotion!

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ADDRESS

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EDINBURG H.

I.

EDINA! Scotia's darling seat !
All hail thy palaces and tow'rs,
Where once beneath a Monarch's feet

Sat Legislation's fov'reign pow'rs!

From

From marking wildly-fcatter'd flow'rs, As on the banks of Ayr I ftray'd, And finging, lone, the ling'ring hours, I shelter in thy honor'd fhade.

II.

Here Wealth ftill fwells the golden tide,
As bufy Trade his labours plies;
There Architecture's noble pride
Bids elegance and fplendor rife ;
Here Juftice, from her native skies,

High wields her balance and her rod; There Learning, with his eagle eyes,

Seeks Science in her coy abode.

III.

Thy Sons, Edina, focial, kind,

With open arms the Stranger hail;

Their views enlarg'd, their lib'ral mind,

Above the narrow, rural vale; Attentive ftill to Sorrow's wail,

Or modeft Merit's filent claim: And never may their fources fail! And never envy blot their name !

IV.

Thy Daughters bright thy walks adorn,
Gay as the gilded fummer fky,

Sweet as the dewy milk-white thorn,
Dear as the raptur'd thrill of joy!

Fair B- ftrikes th' adoring eye,
Heav'n's beauties on my fancy fhine ;

I fee the Sire of Love on high,

And own his work indeed divine!

V.

There watching high the leaft alarms, Thy rough rude Fortrefs gleams afar;

Like fome bold Vet'ran, gray in arms,
And mark'd with many a feamy scar:
The pond'rous wall and maffy bar,
Grim-rifing o'er the rugged rock ;
Have oft withstood affailing War,
And oft repell'd the Invader's fhock.

VI.

With awe-ftruck thought, and pitying tears, I view that noble, ftately Dome,

Where Scotia's kings of other years,

Fam'd heroes, had their royal home: Alas, how chang'd the times to come! Their Royal Name low in the duft! Their hapless Race wild-wand'ring roam! Tho' rigid Law cries out, 'twas just !

VII.

Wild beats my heart, to trace your steps,
Whose ancestors, in days of yore,

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