Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Green grow the Rashes. Some wee short hour ayont the twal. Death and Dr. Hornbook. The rank is but the guinea's stamp, Is there for Honest Poverty. 3 A prince can make a belted knight, Ibid. Song. Ae Fond Kiss. Had we never loved sae kindly, 1 Man was made when Nature was But an apprentice, but woman when she Was a skilful mistress of her art. Ibid. Cupid's Whirligig. 1607. 2 I weigh the man, not his title; 't is not the king's stamp can make the metal better. - Wycherley, The Plaindealer, Act i. Sc. 1. 3 Of the king's creation you may be; but he who makes a Count ne'er made a man. - Southerne, Sir Anthony Love, Act ii. Sc. 1. To see her is to love her, And love but her for ever. Bonny Lesley. O, my luve 's like a red, red rose, Song. A Red, Red Rose. It's guid to be merry and wise, It's guid to be honest and true, It's guid to support Caledonia's cause, Here's a health to them that's awa. 'Tis sweeter for thee despairing, Than aught in the world beside, — Jessy! Jessy. Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new. The Cotter's Saturday Night. Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale. Ibid. He wales a portion with judicious care; air. Ibid. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God." Barrington.- Cherry.-Morton. 425 GEORGE BARRINGTON. 1755 True patriots all; for be it understood ANDREW CHERRY. 1762 – 1812. As she lay Till the day, In the bay of Biscay O. The Bay of Biscay O. THOMAS MORTON. 1764-1838. What will Mrs. Grundy say? Speed the Plough. Act i. Sc. 1. Push on keep moving. A Cure for the Heartache. Act ii. Sc. 1. Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise Ibid. Act v. Sc. 2. indeed. 1 'T was for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Farquhar, The Beaux' Stratagem, Act iii. Sc. 2. 426 Roland.-Hurdis.- Colman. MADAME ROLAND. 1754-1793. O liberty liberty! how many crimes are committed in thy name! (1793.) Macaulay, Mirabeau. Ed. Review, July, 1832. JAMES HURDIS. 1763-1801. Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed. The Village Curate. GEORGE COLMAN, THE YOUNGER. 1762 - 1836. On their own merits modest men are dumb. Epilogue to the Heir at Law. And what 's impossible can't be, And never, never comes to pass. The Maid of the Moor. Three stories high, long, dull, and old, Ibid. Like two single gentlemen, rolled into one. Lodgings for Single Gentlemen. But when ill indeed, E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed. Colman.-Pinckney. —Lee. When taken To be well shaken. 427 The Newcastle Apothecary. Thank you, good sir, I owe you one. The Poor Gentleman. Acti. Sc. 2. O Miss Bailey, Unfortunate Miss Bailey! Love laughs at Locksmiths. Act ii. Song. 'Tis a very fine thing to be father-in-law To a very magnificent three-tailed Bashaw ! Blue Beard. Act ii. Sc. 5. I had a soul above buttons. Sylvester Daggerwood, or New Hay at the Old Market. Sc. 1. CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY. 1746-1825. Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute. When Ambassador to the French Republic, 1796. in To the memory of the Man, first in war, first peace, and first in the hearts of his country men. Eulogy on Washington. Delivered by Gen. Lee, 1 To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens. From the Resolutions presented to the House of Representatives, on the Death of General Washington, December, 1799. Mar. shall's Life of Washington. |