OF JOHN WILSON.
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———The South and West attend Lord Douglas' call.
Chancellor.
The grandeur of that lofty house you know;
His strong allies; the chieftains of the name;
His strengths, and wide domains; his daring leagues
With kings abroad, and king-like lords at home;—
His court I viewed; I mingled with his train,
Which swells in thousands for his daily state;
Squires, knights and lords, crowding from every wind,
Conducted him to town. Here splendid rode
The ever-famous Keiths; there mighty Humes;
The graceful Hepburns, and the noble Hays;
The valiant Seton, and the worthy Ker;
The bold Dunbar, with generous Ramsay came,
The potent Scot, and Graham of high descent.
Livingston.
Heavens! what a list of peers—to attend a traitor?
Chancellor.
Well, I shall pass the flower of Annandale,
By Johnston led, and those that drink the Nith,
With Maxwell bold, Montgomery, Cunningham,
And Boyd, with westland lords; young Kennedy,
The cousin of our king; the Somerville,
And Hamilton, with Clydesdale's gallant chiefs.
The brave Carmichael bore the spear he broke
Unhorsing Clarence, on his crest displayed,
When conquering England first stood checked in France.
Livinsgton.
Say in a word, the whole of Scotish peers
Attend a rebel boy.
Chancellor.
Let me but mark
The mightiest of the name; the sage Dalkeith,
Great Angus, Abercorn, and princely Nithsdale,
Chancellor.
The grandeur of that lofty house you know;
His strong allies; the chieftains of the name;
His strengths, and wide domains; his daring leagues
With kings abroad, and king-like lords at home;—
His court I viewed; I mingled with his train,
Which swells in thousands for his daily state;
Squires, knights and lords, crowding from every wind,
Conducted him to town. Here splendid rode
The ever-famous Keiths; there mighty Humes;
The graceful Hepburns, and the noble Hays;
The valiant Seton, and the worthy Ker;
The bold Dunbar, with generous Ramsay came,
The potent Scot, and Graham of high descent.
Livingston.
Heavens! what a list of peers—to attend a traitor?
Chancellor.
Well, I shall pass the flower of Annandale,
By Johnston led, and those that drink the Nith,
With Maxwell bold, Montgomery, Cunningham,
And Boyd, with westland lords; young Kennedy,
The cousin of our king; the Somerville,
And Hamilton, with Clydesdale's gallant chiefs.
The brave Carmichael bore the spear he broke
Unhorsing Clarence, on his crest displayed,
When conquering England first stood checked in France.
Livinsgton.
Say in a word, the whole of Scotish peers
Attend a rebel boy.
Chancellor.
Let me but mark
The mightiest of the name; the sage Dalkeith,
Great Angus, Abercorn, and princely Nithsdale,
