straw, he lays himself to sleep;
     While through the ragged roof and chinky wall,
     Chill, o’er his slumbers, piles the drifty heap! 
     Think on the dungeon’s grim confine,
     Where Guilt and poor Misfortune pine! 
     Guilt, erring man, relenting view,
     But shall thy legal rage pursue
     The wretch, already crushed low
     By cruel Fortune’s undeserved blow? 
     Affliction’s sons are brothers in distress;
     A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!”

     I heard nae mair, for Chanticleer
     Shook off the pouthery snaw,
     And hail’d the morning with a cheer,
     A cottage-rousing craw. 
     But deep this truth impress’d my mind—­
     Thro’ all His works abroad,
     The heart benevolent and kind
     The most resembles God.

Song—­Yon Wild Mossy Mountains

     Yon wild mossy mountains sae lofty and wide,
     That nurse in their bosom the youth o’ the Clyde,
     Where the grouse lead their coveys thro’ the heather to feed,
     And the shepherd tends his flock as he pipes on his reed.

     Not Gowrie’s rich valley, nor Forth’s sunny shores,
     To me hae the charms o’yon wild, mossy moors;
     For there, by a lanely, sequestered stream,
     Besides a sweet lassie, my thought and my dream.

     Amang thae wild mountains shall still be my path,
     Ilk stream foaming down its ain green, narrow strath;
     For there, wi’ my lassie, the day lang I rove,
     While o’er us unheeded flie the swift hours o’love.

     She is not the fairest, altho’ she is fair;
     O’ nice education but sma’ is her share;
     Her parentage humble as humble can be;
     But I lo’e the dear lassie because she lo’es me.

     To Beauty what man but maun yield him a prize,
     In her armour of glances, and blushes, and sighs? 
     And when wit and refinement hae polish’d her darts,
     They dazzle our een, as they flie to our hearts.

     But kindness, sweet kindness, in the fond-sparkling e’e,
     Has lustre outshining the diamond to me;
     And the heart beating love as I’m clasp’d in her arms,
     O, these are my lassie’s all-conquering charms!

Address To Edinburgh

     Edina!  Scotia’s darling seat! 
     All hail thy palaces and tow’rs,
     Where once, beneath a Monarch’s feet,
     Sat Legislation’s sov’reign pow’rs: 
     From marking wildly scatt’red flow’rs,
     As on the banks of Ayr I stray’d,
     And singing, lone, the lingering hours,
     I shelter in they honour’d shade.

     Here Wealth still swells the golden tide,
     As busy Trade his labours plies;
     There Architecture’s noble pride
     Bids elegance and splendour rise: 
     Here Justice, from her native skies,
     High wields her balance and her rod;
     There Learning, with his eagle eyes,
     Seeks Science in her coy abode.