The works of Alexander Pennecuik of New-Hall, M.D.; containing the description of Tweeddale, and miscellaneous poems. A new edition, with copious notes, forming a complete history of the county to the present time. To which are prefixed, memoirs of Dr Pennecuik, and a map of the shire of Peebles, or Tweeddale |
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PROLOGUE.
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PROLOGUE.
Victorious Sir, still faithful to thy word,Who conquers more by kindness than by sword.
As thy ancestors brave, with matchless vigour,
Made Hogen Mogen make so great a figure:
So thou that art Great Britain's only Moses,
To guard our marshal thistle, with the roses;
The discords of the harp in tune to bring,
And curb the pride of lilies in the spring,
Permit, great Sir, poor us among the press,
In humble terms, to make this blunt Address,
In Lintoun verse, for as your Highness knows,
You have good store of nonsense else in prose.
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