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Poems of James Graham: Marquis of Montrose

... With introduction and notes by J. L. Weir ... and a preface by the Rt. Hon. Lord Tweedsmuir
Montrose, James Graham (1612-1650)

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SUPPOSITIOUS LINES
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XIII MONTROSE ON HIS OWN CONDITION

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SUPPOSITIOUS LINES

XIII
MONTROSE ON HIS OWN CONDITION
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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

I would be high, but that the cedar tree
Is blustred down whilst smaller shrubs go free.
I would be low, but that the lowly grass
Is trampled down by each unworthy ass.
For to be high, my means they will not doe;
And to be low, my mind it will not bow.
O Heavens! O Fate! when will you once agree
To reconcile my means, my mind, and me?
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