Miscellanies in prose and verse on several occasions, by Claudero [i.e. James Wilson], son of Nimrod the Mighty Hunter. The Fourth Edition with large Additions |
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On the Pollution of St. Leonard's Hill, a consecrated
and ancient Burial-place near Edinburgh.
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On the Pollution of St. Leonard's Hill, a consecrated and ancient Burial-place near Edinburgh.
Ye tuneful Nine, in strains divine,
Employ your utmost skill,
And echoes round, loud, loud rebound,
To sing St. Leonard's Hill.
Employ your utmost skill,
And echoes round, loud, loud rebound,
To sing St. Leonard's Hill.
The portal's great, like princely state,
Rear'd by the gospel shrill,
Adorns its top and vies Lord Hope,
Upon St. Leonard's Hill.
Rear'd by the gospel shrill,
Adorns its top and vies Lord Hope,
Upon St. Leonard's Hill.
The High Priest there with art and care,
Hath purg'd with gard'ners skill,
And trench'd out bones, of Adam's sons,
Repos'd in Leonard's Hill.
Hath purg'd with gard'ners skill,
And trench'd out bones, of Adam's sons,
Repos'd in Leonard's Hill.
Th'impious deed inverts his Creed,
And Saints with horror fill,
No trumpet last, with Angel's blast,
Hath rear'd St. Leonard's Hill.
And Saints with horror fill,
No trumpet last, with Angel's blast,
Hath rear'd St. Leonard's Hill.
Graves of the dead, thrown up with spade,
Where long they slept full still,
And turnips grow, from human pow,
Upon St. Leonard's Hill.
Where long they slept full still,
And turnips grow, from human pow,
Upon St. Leonard's Hill.
The devil sure, did them allure,
And grant them hell's protection.
Or they'd been curst before they durst
Begin the resurection.
And grant them hell's protection.
Or they'd been curst before they durst
Begin the resurection.
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