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[To Dunbar's Lament for the Makaris]

Suthe I forsie, if Spae-craft had,
Frae Hethir-Muirs sall ryse a Lad,
Aftir twa Centries pas, sall he
Revive our Fame and Memorie.
Then sall we flourish Evir Grene;
All thanks to carefull Bannantyne,
And to the Patron kind and frie,
Quha lends the Lad baith them and me.
Far sall we fare, baith Eist and West,
Owre ilka Clyme by Scots possest;
Then sen our Warks sall nevir die,
Timor mortis non turbat me.
Quod Dunbar.
 

Patron, Mr William Carmichael, Brother to the Earl of Hyndford, who lent A. R. that curious MSS. collected by Mr. George Bannantyne, Anno 1568, from whence these Poems are printed.