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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EPILOGUE.
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EPILOGUE.
Thrice Noble Orange, blessed be the timeSuch fair fruit prospered in our Northern clime,
Whose sweet and cordial juice affords us matter,
And sauce, to make our capons eat the better;
Long may thou thrive, and still thy arms advance,
Till England send an Orange unto France,
Well guarded through proud Neptune's waves, and then,
What's sweet to us, may prove sour sauce to them;
As England doth, so Caledonia boasts,
She'll fight with Orange for the Lord of Hosts;
And though the tyrant hath unsheath'd his sword,
Fy, fear him not, he never kept his word.
Sic Subscribitur William Younger of Hog-Yards,
In name of all the Lintoun Lairds.
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